Quotes About Ethics

One child out of wedlock is an error. Two suggests carelessness. Three—and six—is simply wrong. Wrong.

A concubine entices a man for the evening in exchange for coin," Stella mused. "A lady is supposed to entice a man as well, and she doesn't even get paid for it.

Don't you mean to lecture me on the evils of illicit relationships?' 'No. I am quite certain you are aware of the disagreeable consequences if the /ton/ were to discover your activities. But I have found that occasionally a small peccadillo that harms no one can be conducive to a cheerful disposition.

In my opinion, a great many doctors in this kingdom should be hanged, drawn, and quartered. They are all too likely to hand out dangerous medicines—to women, in particular—without a thought for what it does to the body and spirit.

Living up to basic ethical standards in the classroom-discipline, tolerance, honesty-is one of the most important ways children learn how to function in society at large.

Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life

grand bridge-building was also considered an honourable and Christian deed.

Those who broke the codes lost their honour – their good name – and forfeited their place in society. Loyalty was expected towards the family and those with whom one was in fellowship (félag), between a lord and his men, between friends, and between the master and mistress of a household and their servants.

Cattle die, kindred die, every man is mortal: but the good name never dies of one who has done well.

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up -- and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

There's no such thing as an original sin.

She's no angel. He's no saint.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one.

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.

On the one hand we publicly pronounce the equality of all peoples on the other hand, in our immigration laws, we embrace in practice these very theories we abhor and verbally condemn.

Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.

It is amazing but true that it is easy for any of us to rebuke someone else who is intending to do something evil and say, "Don't do that—that's a sin!" And yet it is difficult for us to say the same thing to ourselves. The reason is that saying it to ourselves requires a movement of the will, but saying it to someone else requires only a low level of thought based on things we have heard.

A true leader ought to be responsible and responsive too to the affairs/welfare/well-being of his/her followers/subjects.

Avarice is reprehensible acquisitiveness, excessive and insatiable desire to acquire or possess more wealth, riches or material gain than one needs or deserves. In other words, avarice is the highest level of greed or greediness. Now listen up, wealth or success is good and worthwhile too. But, you should not quest for it desperately, fraudulently or dubiously. Besides that, genuine wealth or success is meant to be acquired or achieved overtime and not at all overnight. -Emeasoba George

Celebrate Valentine's day Giftwise and not Sexwise, unless you are legally married. -Emeasoba George

Every action or inaction has a recompense or a consequence. Yes! thus, do what you have to do when you ought to do it and never do what you don't have to do when you shouldn't do it. ~Emeasoba George

The most burning question. What will you be remembered for after your demise? Will you be remembered for good or bad, peace or war, stinginess or generosity?

Injustice constitutes the essence of social life.

True moral elegance consists in the art of disguising one's victories as defeats.