Tom Peters Quotes

I'd like to be known for my character.

Personally, I have never considered myself corrupt or seen the need to be so. People are judged as what they are perceived to be.

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.

I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.

Be sensible, that is, cease to be honest.

The only thing you have in your life is your integrity.

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

Integrity is doing what you said you would do. It means you keep your promises.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is the best policy, present temptation is often found to be an overmatch for those considerations.

In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.

Integrity is the human quality most necessary to business success.

If there is one word that describes the meaning of character, it is the word honor. Without honor, civilization would not long exist. Without honor, there could be no dependable contracts, no lasting marriages, no trust or happiness. What does the word honor mean to you? To me, honor is summarized in this expression by the poet Tennyson, "Man's word [of honor] is God in man."

Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap.

If a man's handshake is no good all the {legal} paper in the world won't make it good.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.