Mike Gallagher Quotes

I talk every day about doing the right thing.

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.

For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'

I can only focus on doing what's right.

In any walk of life, you can choose to do the right thing.

I have to do what's 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?

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.

Standing as a witness in all things means all things - big things, little things, in all conversations, in jokes, in games played and books read and music listened to, in causes supported, in service rendered, in clothes worn, in friends made.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

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

I ask you to accept one thing. Hand on heart, I did what I thought was right. I may have been wrong. That's your call

People should be judged by the principles they espouse and the principles they betray.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.

Whatever my faults, I have some principles.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'

You have to make your choices however you see fit and just keep your integrity as best you can.

Deciding to be honest was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made, and also the most important.

I don't make my decisions by P.R. I make my decisions based on what I think is right or wrong.

I am very loyal to my principles.

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

My moral compass is strong.

I think guilt can be good to a small degree, keep you on the right path.