Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself.

People can say or think whatever they want... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

Character is what you are in the dark.

What, pray, does it profit a man to teach others, and to be prating always about virtue, in high-sounding words, if he fails to give heed to his own instructions?

I try to be a good person - I don't always succeed, but that's what I'm shooting for.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

Unlike Casey Cagle, I will always do the right thing, even when no one is looking.

Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

I try to stay in line and not be a jerk. I've always been conscious that if I really screw up, people might notice.

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.