The ethics of excellence requires a sense of perspective. Look at the big picture. If you live for the moment you might mortgage the future? What hap….

The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside the law. The sa….

How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts to become a casualty of t….

We've got to start thinking of school as a lifelong process. That's the only way we'll keep abreast and be able to share in the wealth of the new "kn….

Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up..

When you see people with "the right stuff," those who choose the right over the wrong or the "iffy," let them know you're proud of them. Encourage th….

...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to ex….

If you're experiencing no anxiety or discomfort, the risk you're taking probably isn't worthy of you. The only risks that aren't a little scary are t….

Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes ….

Ethical dilemmas have a way of sneaking up on a person. If something smells funny, stay away from it. Or help get rid of it..

We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of exce….

"You, who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by-"* You'll find universal agreement on the value of a behavior code, on the need for ….

You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room. If you se….

The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards start t….

We can't achieve excellence through talent alone. Or merely by making technological improvements. We can't even buy our way to excellence, no matter ….

You carve out the organization's character through your daily choices. You shape its conscience as you exercise your own..

The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd along the low road of le….

Until I test the limits to what I can achieve, I won't really know how well I can do..

You have to get beyond blaming others . . . give up your excuses . . . stand responsible for what you do . . . ultimately, ethics ends up an individu….

No sense being pessimistic. Wouldn't work anyway..

If you become a giver, you'll make them feel like they want to reciprocate..