Quotes About Ethics

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Truth and justice are the immutable laws of social order.

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.

Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.

I would give my life for a man who is looking for the truth. But I would gladly kill a man who thinks that he has found the truth.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.

It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

I think we have to do everything that's useful. We're doctors. Our job is to tell the truth. And it doesn't have to be embellished in any way.

Are we willing to do for the truth what others are willing to do for a lie?

The moral consequences of totalitarian propaganda...are destructive of all morals because they undermind one of the foundations of all morals: the sense of and respect for truth.

But the truth is the highest consideration.

The belief in a single truth is the root cause for all evil in the world.

Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.

I have seldom known a person who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.

Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.

Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.

A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.