Quotes About Ethics

Good brokers are not all about making money. And even if they are, the best way for one to make money is to create an atmosphere of trust and reliability.

We all know people who have great ideas about how to make millions of dollars, but are too lazy to get off the couch. We all know people who live in the future, and fail to take action today. There are millions of people who want to change the world, but cannot change the conditions of their own lives. And we all know people who lie, cheat, and steal, and yet lie again to themselves, believing they are people of integrity.

No matter how tight your schedule or your clients' time, do your best to have face-to-face meetings. It is much easier to kill a "faceless deal." And above all, act honorably. That is what people remember.

Work on your character and a good life will come to you.

Of all the principles I'd learn about story, the idea that a character is what he does remains the hardest to actually live.

All this gave way to my first encounter with guilt, which is still something entirely inscrutable to me, as if aliens were sending transmissions from another planet, telling me there is a right and a wrong in the universe.

What good does it do to tell somebody to live morally so they can die 50 years later and apparently go to Hell?

A character is what he does.

Having integrity is about being the same person on the inside that we are on the outside, and if we don't have integrity, life becomes exhausting. I wonder how many people get tempted by the gains they can make by playing a role, only to pay for those temptations in public isolation.

I lay there under the stars and thought of what a great responsibility it is to be human.

I think it is easier to do bad things than to do good things. And there is something in that basic fact, some little clue to the meaning of the universe.

We have to be taught to be good. It doesn't come natural.

Translation: they wanted him to sell junk food to diabetics.

One of the things I admire most about John is his ability to hold compassion in one hand and justice in the other. He offers both liberally and yet they don't cancel each other out.

Being friends with your customers is a great idea, but don't forget, this is a business relationship and business relationships are, by nature, transactional. And there is nothing wrong with a transactional business relationship.

What people believe is more important than how they look, what their skills are, or their degree of passion.

Move Slow, But Move Having a "buy now" button on your website is not pushy.

Our sales funnels should invite people into a journey that never attempts to trick or coerce them to make a decision they will later regret.

Having integrity is about being the same person on the inside that we are on the outside, and if we don't have integrity, life becomes exhausting.

A clever writer on political questions [Machiavelli] rightly said that if it is necessary for the realization of a political goal to go for a series of atrocities, then they must be carried out in the most energetic way and in the shortest time, for the popular masses will not endure prolonged application of atrocities. . . .

Do you understand the game you're playing? Or are you, just like us, prostituting your feelings, conscience, duty? But then we shall never forgive you for that, never ever. . . .30

Partnerships must have loyalty and integrity at their core.

living your words, walking your talk, and talking your walk.

the emphasis should be on fairness and integrity.