Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Union is a delectable thing, and so is wealth, and so is life, but they may all cost too much, if they cost honour.

Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice.

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.

Remember that what's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right.

Why I can't stand this phrase about I don't have any permanent enemies, any permanent friends, only permanent interests. I can't stand that. It's a matter of principles. What kind of integrity, what kind of morality do you have?

Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.

The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated.

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.

I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.

Don't compromise your principles.

I am a moralist. I worry.

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.

I stand on principle where many people stand on money.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

Living with integrity means... behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.

To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all.

Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family, the price is too high. Such is the point Jesus makes in the parable of the portfolio.

Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.

Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.