Do you have a stand?

 “Let me ask you a question: Do you have a standard by which you govern yourself and keep your circumstances from dictating your actions? Your answer depends on your morals and character, does it not? If you lack morals or character, your ethics may, and often will, change to suit your circumstances. But if you have morals, ethics and character combined, you will stand up and say, "I do this because I choose to, because I made a commitment to do it, since it is the right thing to do. It does not matter whether anyone else is doing it. Regardless, here is where I stand." This is integrity talking. 

A man of integrity takes integrity personally. He is his own person. He does not do something simply because he sees other people doing it. He follows the guide that is within him—not the crowd. He lets this guide, not his circumstances, lead him in developing his ethics. And he has such character, such intestinal fortitude and self discipline, that he will consistently do what he knows is morally right despite the consequences. This is what it means to be a person of integrity—and it takes morals, character and ethics, which is why these are inherent in the very meaning of integrity. 

Now you should be able to see why people like Daniel endure and rise above the consequences, while those who roll right through stop signs typically fall victim to their circumstances. Integrity makes all the difference in the world.”

Dr. Frederick K.C. Price Sr.