Stephen Covey Quotes

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.

You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right.

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.

Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.

Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.

Doing something the right way is something I take pride in.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

I always felt like I was doing the right thing.

All effective actions require the passport of morality.

We have tried to define precisely what it means to be a force for good - always do the right, ethical thing. Ultimately, 'Don't be evil' seems the easiest way to summarize it.

I try and do things the right way.

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.

You might want to think twice before you try to use a man's conscience against him. It may turn out he doesn't have one.

Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.

It is futile to wish for a long life, and then to give so little care to living well.

As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is the best policy, present temptation is often found to be an overmatch for those considerations.

The end does not justify the means. If we try to be someone we are not in order to achieve a result, then the result cannot help but be something other than what we intended.

May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.

If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.