35 Quotes by Price Pritchett

Too much attention on problems kills our faith in possibilities.

When you can make it this simple, though, just do the right thing. Even if you could get away with less. Even when other people are doing the wrong thing. Even though the wrong thing seems like no big deal.

Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action.

Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride – not vanity, but dignity and self-respect – should carry a lot of weight in helping you make decisions. Let pride help you decide.

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

Notice that “I” is at the center of the word “ethical.” There is no “they.” Achieving the ethics of excellence is our individual assignment.

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 “knowledge society.”

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

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