Quotes about Conduct
If one has a personality which PLEASES, and renders service in a spirit of HARMONY, these assets often make up for deficiencies in both the QUALITY, and the QUANTITY of service one renders. Nothing, however, can be SUCCESSFULLY SUBSTITUTED FOR PLEASING CONDUCT.
- Napoleon Hill
It's because I want you to remember that character counts. You can be the best there ever was at something, but if you have no character, what do you have? On the other hand, if you have very little as far as accomplishments but you have character, well, then you're all right in my book.
- Chris Fabry
In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
- Mark Twain
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
- Samuel Johnson
Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.
- CS Lewis
Etiquette is the stuff you gotta do just 'cause that's how everyone else does it. Like holding your fork in your left hand, or saying 'Bless you' if someone sneezes. Manners is treating people with respect.
- Tana French
What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.
- William Golding
Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
- Confucius
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
- Cicero
If a man teach uprightly and walk crookedly, more will fall down in the night of his life than he built in the day of his doctrine.
- John Owen
Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell.
- Thomas Watson
TABLE OF PROPOSED RULES TO LIVE BY The Golden Rule Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The Silver Rule Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. The Brazen (Brass) Rule Do unto others as they do unto you. The Iron Rule Do unto others as you like, before they do it unto you. The Tit-for-Tat Rule Cooperate with others first, then do unto them as they do unto you.
- Carl Sagan