Quotes About Ethos

The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.

A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.

Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.

You really have to love every single bit of what you do. The moment that you do something that makes you feel queasy to your stomach, the company dies.

What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for.

When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an ethic that went with it.

I've always believed that the fundamental, driving strategic ethos of the Republican House leadership has been, 'What do we do to get through the next caucus or conference without getting yelled at?' We should never assume they have a long game.

The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know?

I'm a modern girl with old-fashioned sensibilities.

The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.

All business must have a social license to operate.

There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral - immoral from the scientific point of view.

The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts.

Sportsmanship" had been stretched too far. Like "relativity," it had migrated far afield from its original meaning. It used to refer to the kind of behavior that Lance Armstrong showed Jan Ullrich. But over time the term was stretched to include unimpressive, nonchivalrous behavior, like losing without whining too much or making it through an entire game without assaulting a referee.

serving food is a job, but improving morale is a mission.

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win

We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.

It is just as easy to use a good principle for bad ends as it is to use a bad principle for good ends.

You have to maintain a culture of transformation and stay true to your values.

When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.

In carrying out every aspect of our work, CIA officers are guided by a professional ethos that is the sum of our abiding principles, core values, and highest aspirations. These include service, integrity, excellence, courage, teamwork, and stewardship. Sacrifice, too, is an inescapable part of our mission.

When knowledge is cut off from traditional values, it becomes disastrous.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.