Warren Buffett Quotes

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

Integrity is the core of our character.

Integrity is a life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your words and actions.

I was born in an earlier generation and, as a group, my classmates at Blair Academy and Princeton University were as ethical, straightforward, and integrity laden as you could possibly imagine - perhaps not a 100% - but the overwhelming majority. I've been in business a long, long time and I simply cannot imagine seeking out cheating, greedy people.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

Rather a man with 50 per cent ability and 100 per cent character than a man with 100 per cent ability and 50 per cent character.

Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.

I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together.

Integrity in all things precedes all else. The open demonstration of integrity is essential.

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.

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.

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

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

I stress character, character, character.

I think it's important to be with a guy who has a strong sense of integrity. That's how I was raised, and that's something I look for.

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

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

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

I do not believe with the Rochefoucaults and the Montaignes that fourteen out of fifteen men are rogues. I believe a great abatement from that proportion may be made in favor of general honesty.

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