Richard Carlson Quotes

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.

My intent is to be generous of spirit and live with total integrity every day of my life.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.

Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.

The wise treat self-respect as non-negotiable, and will not trade it for health or wealth or anything else.

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.

It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.

Integrity, like humility, is a quality which vanishes the moment we are conscious of it in ourselves. We see it only in others.

No matter what is the environment around you, it is always possible to maintain your brand of integrity

I prefer to make my living honestly.

My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend.

You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, that’s the way I want to live my life. It moved me.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

The universal elements are integrity, vision, discipline, passion, governed by conscience. Conscience has been educated through studying and pondering the universal, timeless principles of all six major world religions.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

To live a life of honesty and integrity is a responsibility of every decent person.