Nuno Espirito Santo Quotes

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

I want to do things right. I really, really do.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.

I think to keep my principles. To keep my principles, I think, is the most important thing. Every day, everyone change. It's normal, but your principle never can change.

If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.

Don't compromise your principles.

You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.

I have always been determined to never compromise my faith or my principles. I always relied on my God-given talent when I took the field. So the idea of using PED's to enhance my performance was a line I chose not to cross.

There is no substitute for character. You can buy brains but you cannot buy character.

We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own principles, then you're lost. You're really lost.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

You figure out what your standards are, and I think that's important.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

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

Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.