Pavel Durov Quotes

Business is Business.

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.

In business, what do we do? We compete.

We will always put our values before our bottom line.

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.

It was a precondition to leaving Facebook that I wasn't going to start something that was just about chasing money.

Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.

Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.

It's really hard to run a business against somebody who is not acting as if it were in business.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

You can’t set aside … values in the name of political expediency.

I do not believe in a political strategy that does not have a moral foundation.

I never wanted to lose who I am, my character or my integrity for the sake of Hollywood.

All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.

My career strategy has never been the most important thing; my conscience is.

Not everything that is legal is reputable.

... a man can safely sacrifice a great deal as long as he clings to the essential.

Don't compromise your principles.

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way.

Ethics, decency and morality are the real soldiers

True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.

Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. There never was an ethical code preached which had not renunciation for its basis.