Quotes About Ethics

If you just broke up with someone, be sad; if you just ran over somebody drunk driving, feel depressed. You shouldn't take a pill that makes you feel okay about terrible things.

It does not matter if we have material wealth. What really matters is—what do we do with it? I have attained financial success at a young age, but that was mostly luck. I just happened to join the right company at the right time. The fact that I have money does not make me a better person. What really matters is what I do with it.

Did my job really matter? A successful year would only help a rich company get richer.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are

Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

Coach Wooden didn't treat everybody the same; he treated people the way they deserved to be treated.

Sposobnost može da te dovede na vrh al da bi opstao na vrhu, potreban ti je karakter.

During the toughest challenges in my life I've come to most appreciate all Coach Wooden means to me. The things he would say—"Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal, don't whine, don't complain, don't make excuses; worry about the things you can control, and not the things you can't"—were endless. Yet there is an appropriate one for every situation. The real

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

As a leader you must be sincerely committed to what's right rather than who's right.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.

How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.

Ethics and Attitude Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are. Character is more important.

A person who values winning above anything will do anything to win. And such people are threats to their organizations.

Sports don't build character; they reveal it.

Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal; never whine, never complain, never make excuses.

Never lie. Never cheat. Never steal.

Some people today may think these are naive or kind of corny. But think a moment about what they mean and who you become if you abide by them. That isn't naive. You don't become corny.

True happiness comes from the things that cannot be taken away from you. Making the full effort to do the right thing can never be taken away from you.

Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.