Quotes About Ethics

Trees are right at the heart of all the necessary debates: ecological, social, economic, political, moral, religious.

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.

The tree of Knowledge is a Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

The tree is known by his fruit.

Birds needs trees and mankind needs both of them! Protecting the nature and environment is not only a matter of ethics but also a matter of existence.

Watering the tree that does give you neither shade nor fruit is a real ethics!

Morality is the fruit of religion: to desire the former without the latter is to desire an orange without an orange-tree.

From the explicit prohibition against the destruction of fruit trees, our sages deduced that it is all the more forbidden to destroy the fruits themselves.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!

Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

There's going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will be charged; abuse the public trust, you will go to prison.

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.

I would rather lose money than trust

Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.

Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.

Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.

I trust I may be enabled in the treatment of patients always to act with a single eye to their good.

Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.