Neutrality helps the oppressor,
never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor,
never the tormented.
-Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
He who postpones the hour of living is like
the rustic who waits for the river to run out
before he crosses.
-Horace, poet and satirist (65-8 BCE)
15 Ways to Define Being "In" Integrity
Here are a few ways of being "In" Integrity:
1) Ensuring that your actions match your words
1) Ensuring that your actions match your words
which match your beliefs.
2) Being true to every part of yourself: mental,
2) Being true to every part of yourself: mental,
physical, emotional and spiritual.
3) Doing the right thing when no one is looking.
4) Striving at all times to be your best self.
5) Maintaining peace of mind in all situations.
6) Doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason.
7) Living up to your own standards and enforcing
3) Doing the right thing when no one is looking.
4) Striving at all times to be your best self.
5) Maintaining peace of mind in all situations.
6) Doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason.
7) Living up to your own standards and enforcing
your own boundaries.
8) Understanding that being 'in' integrity isn't the
8) Understanding that being 'in' integrity isn't the
same for everyone.
9) Being impeccable with your word.
10) Not taking anything personally.
11) Not making assumptions.
12) Always doing your best and giving your best.
13) Being willing to risk looking silly.
14) Being willing to question what you do and
9) Being impeccable with your word.
10) Not taking anything personally.
11) Not making assumptions.
12) Always doing your best and giving your best.
13) Being willing to risk looking silly.
14) Being willing to question what you do and
how you do it.
15) Looking for and finding the best in others.
"Real integrity is doing the right thing,
15) Looking for and finding the best in others.
"Real integrity is doing the right thing,
knowing that nobody's going to know
whether you did it or not."
whether you did it or not."
- Oprah Winfrey
"When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me,
"When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me,
I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted,
I become depressed. It's a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity."
- Maria Irene Fornes
"One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is
"One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is
to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we
build the trust of those who are present."
- Stephen Covey
"The reward for doing right is mostly an internal
"The reward for doing right is mostly an internal
phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and
self-esteem."
- Dr. Laura Schlessinger
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Do you wish to rise?
Begin by descending.
You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds?
Lay first the foundation of humility.
-St. Augustine (354-430)
Thought for the Day
There are only two options regarding
commitment;
you're either in or you're out.
There's no such thing as life in-between.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
It is not life and wealth and power
that enslave men, but the cleaving
to life and wealth and power.
-Buddha (c. 563-483 BCE)
An Old Monkey Story with a new ending
| It's an old story that we read in Class 3 but with a new ending. A hat-seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats. The hat seller sits down and thinks of how he can get the hats down. While thinking he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same. Next, he took down his own hat, the monkeys did exactly the same. An idea came to his mind* He took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too. So he finally managed to get all his hats back. Fifty years later, his grandson, Sukhwinder, also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandfather. One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest. It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor. He woke up and realized that all his hats were taken by the monkeys on the tree. He remembered his grandfather' s words, started scratching his head and the monkeys followed. He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed. Now, very convinced of his grandfather' s idea, Sukhwinder threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to all the hats. Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and Guess!!! Said what??? ************ **** ************ *.. ***********. . *********.. ******** *****.. ****. *** **. *. * "You think only you have a grandfather !!!???" |
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Life's most urgent question is:
what are you doing for others?
-Martin Luther King, Jr ,
civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Perfect valor is to behave,
without witnesses,
as one would act were
all the world watching.
-Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld,
moralist (1613-1680)
Are you bored with life?
Are you bored with life?
Then throw yourself into some work
you believe in with all your heart, live for it,
die for it, and you will find happiness that you
had thought could never be yours.
Dale Carnegie
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