Jean Renoir Quotes

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.

I'm not a Saban guy, because I don't like liars, and I think he lied. I think he lied to the Miami Dolphins and to the fans of Miami, and he left. And it's pretty simple: I think integrity is very important; if you don't have integrity, I don't know how you can be successful.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

Don’t put yourself in a situation where you will not be able to achieve your ideals without violating them.

I don’t believe, and I never did, that a man has to become an informer to practice his profession.

Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws.

When I joined the Marines, I went to Quantico for training. One of the first things I learned is that you can drop out of a run, a couple runs. You can fail the test or a couple tests in a row, and they'd give you a second try. But if you lied about anything, you were gone that afternoon. That's how important integrity is in the military.

Once you tell your first lie, the first time you lie for him, you are in it with him, and then you are lost.

Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.

I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.

Sometimes people just want you to fail. Except your really good friends. I've always known who my best friends were.

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

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

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

Let us be tried by our actions.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

My feeling is that the hero has now been defined by phrases like the odious one that we were all raised with - crimes does not pay. Of course it pays, you schmuck. That's not why we don't do it. We don't do it because it is wrong.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.