“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it”
“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it” is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. “Wisdom is knowing what step to take next… Integrity is taking it!!!” was posted on the newsgroup alt.support.eating-disord on May 9, 2000. Authorship is unknown.
“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take…integrity is taking it.”—M.H. McKee” was posted on Twitter on March 7, 2009. M. H. McKee (cited once as an author) is not credited before this date and is probably not the originator of the saying.
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Kushkee
5/9/00
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Knowing is half the battle….
Wisdom is knowing what step to take next… Integrity is taking it!!!
28 May 2000, Idaho Statesman (Boise, ID), “Mayor’s Award winner inspires class Graduate always finds time for others” by Kathleen Mortensen, pg. 6B:
“Wisdom is knowing which path to take,” he said. “Integrity is taking it.”
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[American_Liberty] Digest Number 41
American_Liberty
11/7/00
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Another Mr. Anonymous said, “Wisdom is knowing what path to take; integrity is taking it.”
11-12 November 2000, Daily Citizen (Beaver Dam, WI). “Horicon Police assistant takes a new path” by Connie Dornfeld, pg. 10, col. 1:
HORICON—“Wisdom is knowing which path to take next. Integrity is taking it.”
(An inscription on a retirement plaque.—ed.)
25 August 2001, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, Special Advertising Section, pg. 57, col. 2 ad:
Wisdom is knowing what path to take next…Integrity is taking it.
(The Art Loft Gallery, Ltd.—ed.)
19 November 2004, Daily Herald (Arlington, IL), “Village remembers longtime police chief” by Kat Zeman, pg. 1:
The village also chose an anonymous quote to describe him. It reads: “Wisdom is knowing what path to take next. Integrity is taking it.”
Google Books
You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School:
And Other Simple Truths of Leadership
By Mac Anderson
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc.
2007
Pg. 53:
Wisdom Is Knowing the Right Path to Take…
Integrity Is Taking It
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AA Thought for the Day-July 18, 2008
Milkman Mike
7/13/08
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Thought to Ponder . . .
Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.
3 August 2008, McClatchy-Tribune Business News, “Shadyside surgeon’s invention improved patients’ lives” by Jerry Vondas:
“If wisdom is knowing the right path to take, and integrity is taking it, that’s what Brack did,” said Dr. Bill Futrell, a plastic surgeon from Fox Chapel, about his friend and colleague.
Twitter
Joel Poncz
@Joelponcz
“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take…Integrity is taking it.”
10:41 AM - 10 Dec 2008
Twitter
Sharnese LaNier
@SharneseLaNier
Wisdom is knowing the right path to take….Integrity is taking it! ~ Mac Anderson
4:25 PM - 16 Dec 2008
Twitter
Isolabella
@Isolabella
“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take…integrity is taking it.”—M.H. McKee
9:39 PM - 7 Mar 2009
Google Books
Choosing God
By Christopher Govekar
Lulu Press (Lulu.com)
2011
Pg. ?:
“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it!”-M.H. McKee
Google Books
Business Backwards
By Jason Davis
Delray Beach, FL: One One 7
2015
Pg. ?:
Author M.H. McKee said, “Wisdom is knowing the right path to take, and integrity is taking it.”
Twitter
Your Brilliance
@yourbrilliance1
“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.” – M.H. McKee
12:52 PM - 30 May 2018