Ellen Goodman Quotes

I'm a traditionalist. I have certain values I live by.

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

I've always kept it very simple. I'm a big believer that basics stay the same for all the formats.

The wise treat self-respect as non-negotiable, and will not trade it for health or wealth or anything else.

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

I want to live out principles that became a part of my life in my 40s, 50s, and 60s. One principle is the universality of freedom.

Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.

Circumstances should never alter principles!

The only thing you can never change is your values.

It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.

I'll never go against my morals.

There are certain things I couldn't write because they're not intrinsic to my beliefs. For instance, I couldn't write a hero or heroine who didn't put children first.

What you believe, what you value, how you live, matters.

I cannot sacrifice or compromise my principles.

Torah values are the ones that inform my life.

There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?

The only thing you have in your life is your integrity.

I think to keep my principles. To keep my principles, I think, is the most important thing. Every day, everyone change. It's normal, but your principle never can change.

An Israeli soldier is raised on values of respecting human life, and they don't change their values when they turn 18 and enter the army.

My moral compass is strong.

I should not deal with things that aren't founded on ethical principles, because that's not who I am as a human being.

There need to be some absolutes in life.

The only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.

If principles can become dated, they're not principles.