L. Lionel Kendrick Quotes

All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.

I try and do the right things most of the time and let the chips fall where they may.

I've always wanted to do right in life. But the wanting and the doing aren't quite the same thing.

Don't say yes to something just because it's an opportunity.

I feel I should be doing stupid stuff, but I'm not going to.

I know what I want, and it's hard to delegate.

I am a big believer in taking responsibility for your actions. I tell my kids every day to 'own it' - 'it' being whatever they've said or done. At some point in your life, you are in charge. You call the shots. You decide to eat or not eat.

You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

Living with integrity means... behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.

You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.

If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices than to practise laborious virtues.

I do nothing I regret, man, because I try to do nothing abominable. As long as there is not an abomination, there is nothing to regret, you understand?

I have never been sorry when I stood for what was right-even against severe criticism.

You just have to be strong and don't be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.

Think how much better it is to criticize conventional customs if you yourself live up to them, scrupulously.

Every man prefers virtue, when there is not some strong incitement to transgress its precepts.

When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.