Robert E. Lee Quotes

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

Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own principles, then you're lost. You're really lost.

For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'

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

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

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

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

If you had to pick between being moral and successful, obviously I'd choose to be moral. However if you can choose both, will you choose both? I'd say definitely.

A conscientious man ought not to regard what may happen to him in this world.

I could answer that the way you want, but I'd hate myself in the morning.

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.

I can only focus on doing what's right.

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

In any walk of life, you can choose to do the right thing.

You have to stand by your beliefs.

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.

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