Integrity

Toward the end of his talk, Becoming a Disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Elder Robert D. Hales taught that discipleship involves a certain amount of integrity:

There will be no disparity between the kindness we show our enemies and the kindness we bestow on our friends. We will be as honest when no one is looking as when others are watching. We will be as devoted to God in the public square as we are in our private closet.

What I find most interesting about integrity is that, in two out of three cases, this moral lesson goes both ways. It doesn't make much sense for us to treat our friends the same way we would treat our enemies, but there are moral reasons for us to be as honest with others as we are with ourselves, and there is a strong moral reason to be as faithful in private as we are in public. Whether we're in public or in private, our behavior should always be the same: good. Nobody's perfect, and we're certainly not going to be perfect all the time. At some times, we're going to be more righteous than at other times, but we should always strive to be as good as we can be, whether we're being observed or not.