J. C. Watts Quotes

Character is what you are in the dark.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

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

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.