Fulton J. Sheen Quotes

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

I think I've been very consistent in my values.

For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, that’s the way I want to live my life. It moved me.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

You're only as good as your values.

I think in general the ends do not justify the means.

There must be a priority of values in all our lives.

I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.

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.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

I'd forgotten it's an important thing to give thought to your morality and how you intend to live your life.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

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

I won't do things for money. I can't.

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

I think my moral ground is very much intact.

In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.

Conscience is better served by a myth.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.

Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.

The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated.

The reason why principles are so important is because principles make life predictable.

I am a moralist. I worry.