“Better is a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.” Proverbs 16:8
The word is ‘integrity.’ There are few who have it and many who have compromised it or lost it. But I promise you this - you’re far better off with it than without it.
A frail, mild-mannered, Bible reading your man took the silky substance called rubber and put it to work for mankind. His discovery of the “vulcanizing” process, by which rubber is hardened, came after years of persistent effort and numerous failures. And Charles Goodyear himself gained but slight financial reward for his great achievement. However, as he said, “Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standards of dollars and cents. I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and others have gathered the fruits. A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.”