Quotes About Ethics

It's so simple to create a delicious holiday meal without animal cruelty. I promise no one will miss the turkey!

The time is always right to do what is right.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

What's important at this time is to re-clarify the difference between hero and villain.

If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.

Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time. Did God feel good about that? He felt powerful.

Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.

In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.

Every time you have a glass of cow milk, some calf is not.

Be respectful to your peers and yourself, of course. Don't be a jerk. But at the same time don't settle for anything less than yourself.

The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on July 8, 2004, failure does not equate to a crime.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or furthering of political power.

Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.