Kenneth Chenault Quotes

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.

I would never try to motivate anyone to follow me. I would motivate him to follow certain principles.

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system.

I was taught growing up that you always do what you believe.

You're only as good as your values.

Who you are, what your values are, what you stand forthey are your anchor, your north star. You won't find them in a book. You'll find them in your soul.

It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.

Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

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

Whether on the floor of Congress or in the boardrooms of corporate America or in the corridors of a big city hospital, there is no body of professional expertise and no anthology of case studies which can supplant the force of character which provides both a sense of direction and a means of fulfillment. It asks, not what you want to be, but who you want to be.

The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

My recruiting key - I looked for PEOPLE first, athletes second. I wanted people with a sound value system as you cannot buy values. You're only as good as your values. I learned early on that you do not put greatness into people...but somehow try to pull it out.

Leadership is what you need to learn next

Any power, of course, depends upon the values of the person exercising the power.

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.

That's what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that's where it is.

I've had a great life following my faith and my instincts.

I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence.

If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.