#grit

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security. ↗

— Bill Delahunt

#financial #hard #importance #integrity #preserving

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence. ↗

— Thomas Erskine

#bar #constitution #dignity #english #ever

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#completely #could #difference #does #each

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#belief #community #corrupt #cynical #existence

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. ↗

— Joseph Story

#entirely #integrity #justice #less #personal

I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#got #grates #had #i #integrity

I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#autonomy #i #integrity #keep #tried

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players. ↗

— Mario Lemeiux

#better job #game #integrity #job #league

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#feeling #grit #i #into #leading

Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal - bottom line. ↗

— Ray Lewis

#athletics #being #bottom #bottom line #character