Ken Wilber Quotes

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.

I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

If children are expected to be honest, parents must be honest. If children are expected to be virtuous, parents must be virtuous. If you expect your children to be honorable, you must be honorable.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

You can't teach others if you are living the same way.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

I suppose that an honest man shines more in politics than he does elsewhere.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

Leaders should not ask others to do what they will not do themselves.

The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.

I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way.

I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.'

I want to create a better environment for the kids who look up to me. I want them to know I'm not a perfect man, but I am a man who is willing to pay the price to do what is right. That's who I am.

You are a role model to people. You gotta make sure you're doing the right thing.

The foundation of leadership is your own moral compass. I think the best quality leaders really know where their moral compass is. They get it out when they are making decisions. It's their guide. But not only do you have to have a moral compass and take it out of your pocket, it has to have a true north.

What's wrong with our children? Adults telling children to be honest while lying and cheating. Adults telling children to not be violent while marketing and glorifying violence... I believe that adult hypocrisy is the biggest problem children face in America.