Barack Obama Quotes

I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.

The foundation of leadership is your own moral compass. I think the best quality leaders really know where their moral compass is. They get it out when they are making decisions. It's their guide. But not only do you have to have a moral compass and take it out of your pocket, it has to have a true north.

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

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

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

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

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

You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a great thing. Never lose that honesty, Bobby - always be honest with yourself, know your own motives for what they are, good or bad, make your own decisions firmly and justly - and you will be a fine, strong character, of some real use in this muddled world of ours!

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

Live with honor and follow your conscience.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

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.

In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

At the end of the day, if there are truly ethical considerations, those have to override scientific considerations.

You must always do what you feel is right.

I do what I think is right.

Ethical is 'I'll wait and do what's right even in the hardest times and even if I have to give up gains to do it.'

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

You do what you want and know is right. That is the only law.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.