Stephen Covey Quotes

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

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.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

I think my moral ground is very much intact.

I was taught growing up that you always do what you believe.

Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.

It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle with the morality of a situation. It gets frustrating and demoralizing. This is precisely where character comes in. All throughout history special people have felt compelled to do what they objectively saw as right and good - even in the face of humiliation or rejection or expulsion or torture or death. That is because they believed that certain ideas were more important than individual well-being.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

You're either a person with a conscience, or you're not. I think I've got quite a fine conscience.

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

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

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system. And to suggest that I can somehow separate and divorce that from the rest of me is not possible.

My relationship with God is what gives me a moral compass on what decisions to make and that stuff. I'm thankful that I have the people around me that I do, and they remind me each day of who I am and what I stand for.

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.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

I'll never go against my morals.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

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

The conscience can be a strong guide in life if we allow it.

My integrity is something I hold dear.

I derive a lot of the values that I try to bring into the public sphere from my private faith.