Tony Dungy Quotes

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

Be strong. Don't be a follower, and always do the right thing. If you have a choice between the right thing and the wrong thing, the right way is always the less stressful.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.

I do what I think is right.

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

I have only ever followed my conscience.

Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

I have never made it a consideration whether the subject was popular or unpopular, but whether it was right or wrong; for that which is right will become popular, and that which is wrong, though by mistake it may obtain the cry or fashion of the day, will soon lose the power of delusion, and sink into disesteem.

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

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

Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what's right. And given a choice between a terrible truth and a beautiful lie, choose the truth every time.

Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

I try to do the right thing.

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.

Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it.

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

Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.

There's power in the truth, just like there's power in making the right choice

In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it's hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn't always so easy to figure out.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

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

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.