It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
- Alfred Adler

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Integrity is:
What we say
What we do
And
What we say we do.

We won’t even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level to be worthy of having or deserving.
- Ruth Ross

You stand in your own light
- John Heywood

I ain't what people call you. It's what you answer to.
- Tyler Perry

Only ideas that we actually live by are of any value.
- Hermann Hesse

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
- Leonardo da Vinci

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we only have a dim or even inaccurate view of what's really important to us.'
- Peter Senge

If you have not discovered something you feel like giving your life for, you have not yet begun living your life.
- Martin Luther King

In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson

This above all: to your own self be true.
- Shakespeare

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Life's like a computer. When the going gets tough ... reboot!!

We must adjust to changing times while still holding to unchanging principles.
- Julia Coleman, President Jimmy Carter’s high school teacher

Our existence only attains its true value when we have experienced in ourselves the truth of the declaration, he who loses his life shall find it.
- Albert Schweitzer

You will be confronted with questions every day that test your morals … Think carefully and, for your sake, do the right thing, not the easy thing.
- Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski, commencement speech at Saint Anselm College. He was indicted for tax evasion 17 days later.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the full light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.
- Heraclitus

Every action that you do is, in some sense, like a ritual that celebrates the values that you hold.
- Dr. Matthew Basston, Ethics Instructor

There are three distinct domains of human action:
1. The Domain of Positive Law (Rules that are binding on us because they are written into law)
2. The Domain of Free Choice
3. The Domain of Obedience to the Unenforceable (The responsible, right, noble things to do based on values of trust, integrity, competence, and compassion)
- Lord Moulton

GUARDING THE WALLS
In ancient China, the people desired security from the barbaric hordes to the north; so they built the great Chinese wall. It was so high they knew no one could climb over it and so thick that nothing could break it down. They settled back to enjoy their security. During the first hundred years of the wall's existence, China was invaded three times. Not once did the barbaric hordes break down the wall or climb over the top. Each time they bribed a gatekeeper and then marched right through the gates. The Chinese were so busy relying upon the walls of stone that they forgot to teach integrity to their children.

How to be "Culture Smart": (by Sondra Thiederman, "Getting Culture Smart")
- Learn about differences
- Look for commonalties
- Avoid stereotypical thinking
- Know your own culture
- Communicate respect
- Empathize, don't patronize
- Be your best self
- Trust your instincts
- Practice "personal correctness"
- Expect the best

Values are the gold that's in each of us. They're the real fortune of our organization.

Hold yourself responsible to a higher standard than anyone expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
- Henry Ward Beecher

The true purpose of our value statements is to guide both our behaviors and our decisions.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
- Theodore Roosevelt

Our efforts to do a better job of living our values will undoubtedly come with flaws. But if we meet those flaws and occasional failures with both persistence and patience, we can unlock the fortunes that exist within our organizations.
- Eric Harvey & Alexander Lucia

It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time on acrimony and division.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
- Van Goethe

Values tend to whisper, whereas feelings and emotions tend to shout.

It's not what you carry "on" you (techniques, gimmicks, etc.) It's what you carry "within" you (principles, beliefs, values, etc.)

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
- William Safire

Never place loyalty to an institution above loyalty to yourself.

The life of a small group of people who live true to their convictions, does more and more certain good than all writings. Let us, therefore, young and old, direct all our actions as much as possible towards the realization of our convictions.
- Tolstoi

The more investment you have in your beliefs, the harder it is to change them.

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.
- William James

It is easier to SAY what we believe than BE what we believe.

Strong beliefs win strong men and then make them stronger.
-Walter Bagehot
And as men become stronger, so do the organizations to which they belong.
- Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
- Selye

So never be afraid, never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion; against injustice, lying, and greed. If you will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth.
- William Faulkner

What do we live for it if is not to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

John Steinbeck in his book "Of Mice and Men" pointed out the decline in moral values when one of his characters commented, "There's nothing wrong anymore."

Tell the TRUTH: A man came across a rare antique desk. He "bargained" to get the best price, telling them he only really wanted the legs, not disclosing the true value of the object. After striking an agreement, he arranged to pick up the desk the next day. When he arrived, he found that they had cut the table in pieces! "Why?" he asks. "Well," they reply, "We noticed you had a very small car and thought that it would be difficult for you to put the whole desk in, so, since you really only wanted the legs anyway...."
- taken from an old Alfred Hitchcock show

The soil in return for her services keeps the tree tied to her, the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.