Wendell Berry Quotes

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.

People want to know that I'm a person of conviction.

I certainly could've made a lot more money buying cheap ingredients, and people might not have been able to tell the difference. That was never a part of the calculus. It was not part of my DNA.

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

Even more important than what we do, then, is who we are.

I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.

I don't compromise my principles for politics.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

Never compromise your principles, even if it leads to difficulties in the short term.

There are so many different ways to lead. The most important thing is to be genuine. To have people around you trust you, trust in what you stand for and who you are. And I think that if people watch you day in and day out and believe in your motives and they believe that you set a high standard for yourself.

I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.