Shiv Khera Quotes

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

We have seen some of the greatest athletes fall because they have tried to take shortcuts. I'm not going to call any names but we talk about guys that was like at the top of their game that people just idolized. They looked in awe and all of a sudden you see them just come tumbling down because they want to take shortcuts. I think it's more rewarding when you do it the old fashioned way.

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to.

The just man walks in his integrity

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.

I have found that great people do have in common. . .an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

I'm just living my life. I'm incredibly disciplined and I work incredibly hard. I show up for things on time, I do my homework, and I work my ass off. I've had a lot of luck, but I work really, really hard.

I was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.

Hustle, Loyalty, Respect.

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.

Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong; men who, for truth and honor's sake, stand fast and suffer long.

It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.

But rules cannot substitute for character.

Who's the best person you know. Of all the people you know personally, is there anyone who has a sense of right and wrong and lives by it? This was a sticky question because it would have to be Ranger ...but I suspected he occasionally killed people. Only bad people, of course, but still...

Honest people know that the road to success and virtue always involves shared sacrifice, hard work, and gratification postponed. Telling people otherwise isn't leadership, it is pandering.

The man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Not every great man is a grand human being.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

Rather a man with 50 per cent ability and 100 per cent character than a man with 100 per cent ability and 50 per cent character.

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.