Sallie Krawcheck Quotes

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.

It is never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

I try not to do anything that's immoral.

It's easy to get into the grey zone [of ethics].

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

All effective actions require the passport of morality.

I always try to follow my moral compass.

As for Hollywood, there was an offer. But I declined to do it because of certain moral and ethical values.

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

You have to follow your moral compass: it's a good guide of telling you what is right and wrong.

Our moral philosophy determines our values - what we care about and what we don't care about - and our values determine our decisions, actions, and beliefs. Therefore, moral philosophy applies to everything in our lives.

Is it important to be right or is it important to do what's right? That's one of the hardest lessons to learn.

There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It is not necessary that you should keep your property, or even your life, but it is necessary that you should hold fast your integrity.

I give dignity second place to expedience.

It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable.