Kevin Shelley Quotes

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

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.

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?

Let us be tried by our actions.

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.'

I ask you to accept one thing. Hand on heart, I did what I thought was right. I may have been wrong. That's your call

I always thought it was wrong for me to take credit for the work that I did. I don't think that anymore.

I might have made mistakes but I have always been honest.

You never want to do anything that you don't want your mother to see, because it will haunt you and eventually come back to bite you!

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

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.

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.

I try to live honestly in every aspect of my life, which can make things a bit more complicated, right?

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

I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.

I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.

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

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in.

I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.

I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything.

I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

If I think something is right, I'll fight for it - always have. If it's wrong or I've been proved wrong, I'll walk away, and I'll apologise.

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?

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.