Teresa of Avila Quotes

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.

I think our people in Britain have a normative expectation of ethical conduct.

It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say something is just if it is not just.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

There is a political value in being honest and saying what you mean.

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way.

Honesty - however dangerous - should be as valuable as radium it seems to me.

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.

You want to make a difference in your world? Live a holy life: Be faithful to your spouse. Be the one at the office who refuses to cheat. Be the neighbor who acts neighbors. Be the employee who does the work and doesn't complain. Pay your bills. Do your part and enjoy life. Don't speak one message and live another. People are watching the way we act more than they are listening to what we say.

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.

Let our lives be open books for all to study.

Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.

With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.

My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I say.

Congruence, integration, responsibility and integrity are the values that I stand for.