--- title: "14 Ethical Quotes By Price Pritchett" description: "14 Ethical quotes by Price Pritchett. Plus more from Price Pritchett and more Ethical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/price-pritchett-12389_character_ethical-dilemmas-have-a-way-of-sneaking_1193630.png" --- > [Ethical dilemmas have a way of sneaking up on a person. If something smells funny, stay away from it. Or help get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/ethical-dilemmas-have-a-way-of-sneaking-up-on-a-person-if-something/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/price-pritchett-12389_character_ethical-dilemmas-have-a-way-of-sneaking_1193630.png) > [Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/your-ethical-muscle-grows-stronger-every-time-you-choose-right-over/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/price-pritchett-12389_character_your-ethical-muscle-grows-stronger-every_1620065.png) > [Notice that "I" is at the center of the word "ethical." There is no "they." Achieving the ethics of excellence is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/notice-that-i-is-at-the-center-of-the-word-ethical-there-is-no-they/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/price-pritchett-12389_achieve_notice-that-i-is-at-the-center-of-the-wo_466460.png) > [But when we get enough people who don't care, and who don't accept personal responsibility for high ethical standards, our organization gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/but-when-we-get-enough-people-who-don-t-care-and-who-don-t-accept/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/price-pritchett-12389_accepting_but-when-we-get-enough-people-who-don-t_3188221.png) > [Eventually we have to "settle up" and pay the price for our ethical violations. Just remember the old line that says, "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/eventually-we-have-to-settle-up-and-pay-the-price-for-our-ethical/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/price-pritchett-12389_ethical_eventually-we-have-to-settle-up-and-pay_1953364.png) > [Excellence calls for character . . . integrity . . . fairness . . . honesty . . . a determination to do what's right. High ethical standards, across the board.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/excellence-calls-for-character-integrity-fairness-honesty-a/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/price-pritchett-12389_boards_excellence-calls-for-character-integrity_864681.png) > [How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/how-can-we-be-trusted-with-big-things-if-we-re-not-trustworthy-with/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/price-pritchett-12389_big-things_how-can-we-be-trusted-with-big-things-if_2124764.png) > [You, who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by-"\* You'll find universal agreement on the value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/you-who-are-on-the-road-must-have-a-code-that-you-can-live-by-you-ll/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/price-pritchett-12389_agreement_you-who-are-on-the-road-must-have-a-code_2893104.png) > [We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/we-all-faced-painful-ethical-challenges-before-we-even-knew-how-to/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/price-pritchett-12389_challenges_we-all-faced-painful-ethical-challenges_326811.jpg) > [The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/the-legal-system-doesn-t-always-serve-as-a-good-guide-for-your/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/price-pritchett-12389_behave_the-legal-system-doesn-t-always-serve-as_2470992.jpg) > [Pay attention to the voice within. . . . Sometimes the voice of your conscience gets drowned out by crowd noise or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/pay-attention-to-the-voice-within-sometimes-the-voice-of-your/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/price-pritchett-12389_attention_pay-attention-to-the-voice-within-someti_2195568.jpg) > [We can't achieve excellence through talent alone. Or merely by making technological improvements. We can't even buy our way to excellence, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/we-can-t-achieve-excellence-through-talent-alone-or-merely-by-making/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/price-pritchett-12389_accidents_we-can-t-achieve-excellence-through-tale_1711465.png) > [The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/the-question-is-when-so-many-others-cut-corners-shave-the-truth-self/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/price-pritchett-12389_angle_the-question-is-when-so-many-others-cut_3109128.jpg) > [When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/when-you-hold-out-for-high-standards-people-are-impressed-but-they/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/price-pritchett-12389_conflict_when-you-hold-out-for-high-standards-peo_542791.png) ## Other authors on Ethical ## More by Price Pritchett > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/you-can-t-bake-a-cake-without-getting-the-kitchen-messy-halfway/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/we-can-t-win-the-struggle-for-high-standards-if-we-just-talk-a-good/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [As tough as it sometimes looks on the front end, it's easier to do right than undo wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/as-tough-as-it-sometimes-looks-on-the-front-end-it-s-easier-to-do/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [In these times of self-directed teams, empowered employees, and "boundaryless" organizations, your worth as an individual employee will also get measured by your work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/in-these-times-of-self-directed-teams-empowered-employees-and/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/some-people-argue-against-both-optimism-and-pessimism-in-favor-of-so/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [Your doubts are not the product of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking. Years ago you excepted flawed conclusions as correct, begin to live your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/your-doubts-are-not-the-product-of-accurate-thinking-but-habitual/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals regarding how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/we-all-faced-painful-ethical-challenges-before-we-even-knew-how-to/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services we provide.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/excellence-is-a-process-not-just-an-outcome-sure-we-have-to-hold-out/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [Notice that "I" is at the center of the word "ethical." There is no "they." Achieving the ethics of excellence is our individual assignment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/notice-that-i-is-at-the-center-of-the-word-ethical-there-is-no-they/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/the-only-way-we-can-develop-muscle-is-through-regular-exercise-as/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/when-you-hold-out-for-high-standards-people-are-impressed-but-they/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/everybody-makes-honest-mistakes-but-there-s-no-such-thing-as-an/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [If you must doubt something, doubt your limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/if-you-must-doubt-something-doubt-your-limits/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [High personal standards aren't enough for organizational excellence. You've got to be intolerant of low standards in others. . . . If you accommodate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/high-personal-standards-aren-t-enough-for-organizational-excellence/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) > [You can't put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/you-can-t-put-someone-else-in-charge-of-your-morals-ethics-is-a/) [Price Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/price-pritchett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ethical/price-pritchett/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ethical Quotes By Price Pritchett", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ethical dilemmas have a way of sneaking up on a person. If something smells funny, stay away from it. 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There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals regarding how to live one's life. And here we are now, today, still struggling. Still trying to sort things out. Still trying to work our way through life effectively. About the only thing that has changed is the scope of the problem. There's more at stake now. And we're in a position, as grownups, to do a lot more-good or bad-for ourselves, our organization, our world. But we still must wrestle with our imperfect ethics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Price Pritchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/we-all-faced-painful-ethical-challenges-before-we-even-knew-how-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/price-pritchett-12389_challenges_we-all-faced-painful-ethical-challenges_326811.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/price-pritchett-12389_challenges_we-all-faced-painful-ethical-challenges_326811.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/price-pritchett-12389_challenges_we-all-faced-painful-ethical-challenges_326811.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough…” — Price Pritchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 same thing goes for rules, policies and procedures - you know, the organization's \"internal laws.\" You can \"go by the book\" and still behave unethically. Still not move beyond mediocrity. High standards-the ethics of excellence-come to life through your basic values, your character, integrity and honesty. Obeying the law is the bare minimum.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Price Pritchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/the-legal-system-doesn-t-always-serve-as-a-good-guide-for-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/price-pritchett-12389_behave_the-legal-system-doesn-t-always-serve-as_2470992.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/price-pritchett-12389_behave_the-legal-system-doesn-t-always-serve-as_2470992.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/price-pritchett-12389_behave_the-legal-system-doesn-t-always-serve-as_2470992.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. 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But take pains to listen, because it has your best interests at heart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Price Pritchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/pay-attention-to-the-voice-within-sometimes-the-voice-of-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/price-pritchett-12389_attention_pay-attention-to-the-voice-within-someti_2195568.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/price-pritchett-12389_attention_pay-attention-to-the-voice-within-someti_2195568.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/price-pritchett-12389_attention_pay-attention-to-the-voice-within-someti_2195568.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pay attention to the voice within. . . . 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Companies with shaky ethics and shabby standards will be crippled as they try to compete in our changing world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Price Pritchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/price-pritchett/the-question-is-when-so-many-others-cut-corners-shave-the-truth-self/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/price-pritchett-12389_angle_the-question-is-when-so-many-others-cut_3109128.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/price-pritchett-12389_angle_the-question-is-when-so-many-others-cut_3109128.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/price-pritchett-12389_angle_the-question-is-when-so-many-others-cut_3109128.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and…” — Price Pritchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side in your struggle to do what's right and ethical. In fact, sometimes even you won't be on your side. You'll wrestle with inner conflict, torn between what you should do and what you want to do. You'll also aggravate other people. Seems when you walk the straight and narrow you always step on someone's toes. 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