#grit

There is an integrity to INXS, in the music, that makes it worthwhile. ↗

— Michael Hutchence

#makes #music #worthwhile

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#be-yourself #integrity #self-reliance #self-respect #respect

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#misattributed-to-j-k-rowling #equality

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #identity

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#inspirational #integrity #nobility #inspirational

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#dreams #guts #integrity #know #people

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#being #both #explore #freedom #human

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#children #fairness #integrity #live #think

Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me. ↗

— Bradley Chicho

#climb #echoing #feel #grit #heights

My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#brought #did #either #father #his