Until I test the limits to what I can achieve, I won't really know how well I can do. — Price Pritchett Achieve Copy Share Image
If you become a giver, you'll make them feel like they want to reciprocate. — Price Pritchett Feels Copy Share Image
We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game. — Price Pritchett Can't win Copy Share Image
Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up. — Price Pritchett Cover ups Copy Share Image
Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action. — Price Pritchett Action Copy Share Image
As tough as it sometimes looks on the front end, it's easier to do right than undo wrong. — Price Pritchett Easier Copy Share Image
The world behaves differently when I take action to go after what I want. — Price Pritchett Action Copy Share Image
Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong. — Price Pritchett Character Copy Share Image
So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound… — Price Pritchett Aim Copy Share Image
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… — Price Pritchett Able Copy Share Image
Excellence calls for character . . . integrity . . . fairness . . . honesty . . . a determination to do what's right. High ethical standards, across the board. — Price Pritchett Boards Copy Share Image
When you can make it this simple, though, just do the right thing. Even if you could get away with less. Even… — Price Pritchett Big deal Copy Share Image
When you see people with "the right stuff," those who choose the right over the wrong or the "iffy," let them know… — Price Pritchett Courageous Copy Share Image
How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts… — Price Pritchett Big things Copy Share Image
If you're unwilling to defer pleasure or endure some "pain" for now, are you likely to end up later deep in the… — Price Pritchett Ends Copy Share Image
Notice that "I" is at the center of the word "ethical." There is no "they." Achieving the ethics of excellence is our… — Price Pritchett Achieve Copy Share Image
Your doubts are not the product of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking. Years ago you excepted flawed conclusions as correct, begin to… — Price Pritchett Accurate Copy Share Image
The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics,… — Price Pritchett Ethics Copy Share Image
Eventually we have to "settle up" and pay the price for our ethical violations. Just remember the old line that says, "You… — Price Pritchett Ethical Copy Share Image
Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it… — Price Pritchett Arguing Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the… — Price Pritchett Cake Copy Share Image
Who is this vague "they" we blame for so many of our problems? "They" is the obscure party we use as our… — Price Pritchett Blame Copy Share Image
You, who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by-"* You'll find universal agreement on the value… — Price Pritchett Agreement Copy Share Image
The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd… — Price Pritchett Angle Copy Share Image
When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on… — Price Pritchett Conflict Copy Share Image
We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals… — Price Pritchett Challenges Copy Share Image
The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and… — Price Pritchett Behave Copy Share Image
You can't put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline. — Price Pritchett Character Copy Share Image
Narrow life down to what's precious and necessary. In a world of complexity the best weapon is simplicity. — Price Pritchett Complexity Copy Share Image
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Give people, including yourself, clear permission to make mistakes . . . and to fix the problems. Since nobody's perfect, mistakes should… — Price Pritchett Clear Copy Share Image
You carve out the organization's character through your daily choices. You shape its conscience as you exercise your own. — Price Pritchett Character Copy Share Image
We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the… — Price Pritchett Building Copy Share Image
The ethics of excellence are grounded in action - what you actually do, rather than what you say you believe. Talk, as… — Price Pritchett Action Copy Share Image
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