--- title: Master the Art of Integrity description: The more credible we are, the more confidence people place in us, thereby allowing us the privilege of influencing their lives.  image: https://globalaction.ngo/hubfs/Integrity.jpg --- [![Global Action](https://globalaction.ngo/hubfs/Global%20Action.png)](https://globalaction.ngo) - [ABOUT US](https://globalaction.ngo/about-us) - [OUR CAUSE](https://globalaction.ngo/our-cause) - [WHERE WE WORK](https://globalaction.ngo/where-we-work) - [GET INVOLVED](https://globalaction.ngo/get-involved) - [BLOG](https://globalaction.ngo/en/blog) [SIGN UP](https://globalaction.ngo/subscribe) [DONATE HERE](https://globalaction.donorsupport.co/-/XMKXPCJD) The Encourager # Master the Art of Integrity The more credible we are, the more confidence people place in us, thereby allowing us the privilege of influencing their lives. [Dwaine Lee, Founder, Global Action](https://globalaction.ngo/en/blog/author/dwaine-lee-founder-global-action) Mar 20, 2023 --- The dictionary defines integrity as *"the state of being complete, unified".* When I have integrity, my words and my deeds match.  I am who I am, no matter where I am or who I am with. This is integrity -- doing things right when no one else is looking. - Integrity is doing right inside you. - Integrity is keeping promises. - Integrity is being true to principles, regardless of consequences. - Integrity is being faithful to the truth when it is uncomfortable, inconvenient, and personally costly. - Integrity is being of this character because we wish to please God. We stand on solid ground.  There are no skeletons in the cupboard that can come out to destroy us.  We live with a clear conscience. A person with integrity does not have divided loyalties, nor is he or she merely pretending.  People with integrity have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. The more credible we are, the more confidence people place in us, thereby allowing us the privilege of influencing their lives.  The less credible we are, the less confidence people place in us and the more quickly we lose our position of leadership. Remember, leadership functions on the basis of trust.  Integrity is a victory, not a gift. ***"The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them." *** ***Proverbs 11:3*** Blessings my friends, Dwaine E. Lee Global Action   [globalaction.ngo](https://globalaction.ngo) ![Global Action - Making a Difference](https://globalaction.ngo/hs-fs/hubfs/Global%20Action%20-%20Making%20a%20Difference.jpg?width=680&height=204&name=Global%20Action%20-%20Making%20a%20Difference.jpg) This post is from *The Encourager*, a series of over 100 emails from Global Action's founder, Dwaine Lee, originally sent between 2005-2010. 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