Deborah Meaden Quotes

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

I still had some honor... I still have some now.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

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

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

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

I'll never go against my morals.

My rule for the corporate stuff is the same as with my music - I do whatever means I can sleep at night and whatever means I can be dignified.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

I try not to do anything that's immoral.

The issue is not whether or not we can stand with the President. It is whether, at the end of the day, we can stand with ourselves.

I do my research, and if I'm supporting something, then it's because it aligns with me morally and ethically.

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

What are the values that give meaning? What is the line that you will never cross, because on this side you're good, and on this side you're evil.

I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong. That's how I live my life.

It's very hard to live with yourself if you don't stick with your moral code.

I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and always maintained that most important to me was my integrity, was my character, were my values.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?