Quotes About Ethics

Right and wrong are both very subjective, it's all grey.

The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.

Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome.

My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.

The Catholic Church's teachings are authoritative. There is a moral absolute on abortion - that it is wrong.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

If you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you're not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you're probably doing something wrong.

How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood.

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me.

There's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair.

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.

I don't think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that's where the problem is.

We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.

For an artist to go and play in a country that occupies other people's land and oppresses them, the way Israel does, is plain wrong. They should say no.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

If you're going to figure something out, study ethics. You can ask What's the answer? What's Right and Wrong? What I learned is that nobody knows the answer and there is no Right and Wrong. So I'm incapable of becoming a fundamentalist because there are no absolutes, there's always a what if.

To be able to make statements, you need to be confident about what you think. You need to have a sense of right and wrong.

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in their cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.