"I have walked in my integrity and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering." (Psalm 26:1) There is not one thing that speaks louder or more powerfully than living a life of integrity. Nothing will stand the test of time like solid character. As Charles Swindoll put it, "You can handle the blast like a steer in a blizzard. The ice may form on your horns, but you keep standing against the wind and the howling, raging storm because Christ is at work in your spirit." Character will always win out. Horace Greeley wrote: "Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures." There is no defense more eloquent and effective than a life lived continually and consistently in integrity . . . it possesses invincible power to silence your slanderers!