E. O. Wilson Quotes

Popularity isn't the end-all, be-all. What matters far more is that you stick to your principles, that you stand up and you live a life of integrity.

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

Don't shift because fashion has shifted. Don't move from the original ethic you had, the original reasons. They're part and parcel of you.

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

. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.

Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.

A man can be honest in any sort of skin.

The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

That's what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that's where it is.

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.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

I'm actually a very moral guy.

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

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.

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.

Character is what you are in the dark.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth

Deep down inside, I know I'm a very good person.

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

I have to stay true to who I am.

I'm a good person and that's what I am at the end of the day.