Richard G. Scott Quotes

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

Be strong. Don't be a follower, and always do the right thing. If you have a choice between the right thing and the wrong thing, the right way is always the less stressful.

Choose your friends carefully. It is they who will lead you in one direction or the other.

Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

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

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice.

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

If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.

There have been, in my life, a number of times when I have intentionally made decisions that I knew would mean I would make less money or be less influential. I did this because, for whatever reason, it just wasn't worth it. It wasn't worth the stress, it felt icky, it relied on me exploiting relationships that I valued. Stuff like that.

Maybe, instead of putting our standards on other people, we should be very reticent, apprehensive, and deliberate and methodical in choosing whom we choose to elevate in the eyes of the public as role models.

You are a role model to people. You gotta make sure you're doing the right thing.

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

I don't sell myself. I am what I am. I'm a role model for a lot of people, for my kids. I don't want to just change because I want to make more money.

I never compromised my integrity by playing a character. I didn't tweet anybody something crazy. I was just myself, kept winning and stayed ready. I didn't sell my soul.

Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

Will Smith would say your five closest friends are what you end up to be and ever since I heard him say that, I said I gotta know who's in my life because that's who you're going to become. That's advice I'd give to these young men out here, killing each other and at war at each other because it's bigger than that.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

If you have a good name, if you are right more often than you are wrong, if your children respect you, if your grandchildren are glad to see you, if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in time of trouble, if you can face your God and say "I have done my best," then you are a success.

I give dignity second place to expedience.

If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.

People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.

Live with honor and follow your conscience.