Denise Morrison Quotes

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

What you demand of others you should carry out yourself.

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I'm telling people I'm boxing and then I'm eating a burger tonight, it's because I am. I'm not cheating and eating a salad and then being like, 'Yeah! Burgers are cool!'

When providing people with the direction and expected behaviors, you need to be alert to the fact that they will hold you accountable. People want to know if you are walking the talk. They will be watching your every move and you need to be one in the same... every minute of every day.

I never disavow things I've said.

My actions speak harder than words.

I think it's so important to practice what you preach - whether you're into riding cows to work or eating a burger after boxing, just do what you're telling your fans you're doing because you have to be real with them because they look up to you.

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

I don't forget what I used to do and so I can't justifiably say to my kid, "Don't you do that," when I used to do it myself.

Never ask anyone to do what you haven't done before and wouldn't do again. That's a pretty fundamental rule in leadership... treat them like you treat yourself. Things you don't like, they don't like.

Practice yourself what you preach.

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

Leadership is doing, not saying.

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

My number one philosophy for leadership is leadership by example. If you are not willing to do it yourself, how can you show others how to do it?

I say what I think, and I do what I say!

I can't very well be teaching one way and living my life another way. What I do in life must be consistent with the things I say. And the same goes for you.

I always like to remind myself that the most honorable people of all are not those who never make mistakes, but those who admit to them when they do and then move on and do their best to right the wrongs they have made.

Actions should speak louder than words.

Habits are learned. And children learn their habits by watching what we do, not by listening to what we say. So we have to stop talking and teaching and preaching and just go do.

A lot of companies have nice-sounding cultural values like integrity, respect, and excellence, but if those values don't map to specific behaviors, then they quickly get lost. Instead, we see what's called a 'halo effect' where leaders tend to overvalue certain attributes and undervalue others.

A deep concern of mine is that leaders in the technology sector have not developed a culture that insists upon courage, honor, duty, and humility - what we might call a culture of virtue.

It's very difficult to overtly do it. But I try to live my life consistently as a man and as a father.

You can't be asking people to do things you're not willing to do yourself.

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