Gwen Ifill Quotes

The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.

Do everything as in the eye of another.

Don’t do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of the Washington Post.

When no one is watching, live as if someone is.

Always act as if you were seen.

Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong.

Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem.

It was time to pull my moral socks up and behave myself.

It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.

The biggest difference between people is between those who are trying to do the right thing - whether or not they succeed - and those for whom the only question is how much they can get away with.

Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.

I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to be a leader. I just try to behave the way I think I should behave. If that results in a leadership role, great.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

I try to stay in line and not be a jerk. I've always been conscious that if I really screw up, people might notice.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything.

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.

If you want to go into the court of world opinion, you had better go in with clean hands.

In public, as well as private life, the only way to prevent being ridiculed or censured, is to avoid all ridiculous or wicked measures, and to pursue such only as are virtuous and worthy. If any man thinks he has been ridiculed, upon any of our public theatres, let him examine his actions he will find the cause, let him alter his conduct he will find a remedy