Patrick Lencioni Quotes

There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will and won't step on for personal gain, are at the very core of your code of honor. And your code of honor determines your character. And your character is who you are. Behind closed doors. When nobody is watching.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people.

My future is righteousness.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?

Integrity is the core of our character.

I'm no saint but I do believe in what is right.

Don't compromise your principles.

You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.

I stand on principle where many people stand on money.

Be true to your own highest convictions.

The men can have a moral compass that is just unshakeable, they can have ethics that run to the core.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

I think I am a moral man.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.