Andrew Whitworth Quotes

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

If nothing else in life, I want to be true to the things I believe in, and quite simply, to what I'm all about. I know I'd better, because it seems whenever I take a false step or two I feel the consequences.

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

Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.

As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values and your vision and the life experiences that make you who you are.

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

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

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.

Nobody's perfect, but I hold myself accountable. I think about the choices I make because they not only affect me, they affect all of my fans and my family.

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values that you hold which in fact define your very existence.

I try to be myself and, of course, be a good role model. I don't really find it hard, but you think about what you do and that other people look up to you.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

I would never try to motivate anyone to follow me. I would motivate him to follow certain principles.

Do what in your heart you know is right. It is easy to get caught up in your ambitions, but no job is worth not being true to yourself.

Whatever my faults, I have some principles.

Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who's looking back at you. And you can only do that if you're being honest with yourself and being a person of high character. You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life.

I am not that savvy, to be honest. I know what I believe in, and I try to follow people who do the same.