08/21/2026
Integrity costs something. Otherwise, everyone would have it.
Sometimes doing the right thing feels terrible.
You lose an opportunity.
Someone gets angry with you.
You have to admit you were wrong.
You walk away from something you really wanted.
Or you tell the truth knowing silence would have been much easier.
There may be no applause.
No recognition.
Sometimes nobody even knows what it cost you.
But you know.
And at the end of the day, being able to live comfortably with the person staring back at you in the mirror is worth more than almost anything you could have gained by compromising yourself.
Integrity isn’t always convenient.
That’s what makes it integrity.