Quotes About Ethics

A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.

Younger scientists are extremely sensitive to the moral implications of all they do.

When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.

In my lifetime, as a younger man, you were assumed to be an honest person. Your word was your bond, and a handshake was as good as a contract in business.

I studied ethics more than anything - people's feelings about humanity. Of course, I was much younger then. I had more trust in humanity then, but I think people were more trustful. They had standards of right and wrong. Now people say: 'What's right? What's wrong?' And I say: 'if you don't know what's right or wrong, then I'm sorry for you.'

I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.

When I was younger I got accused of gamesmanship but I grew out of it.

There's so much corruption in America; there's so much corruption around the world. It's all coming to the surface thanks to the Internet, and thanks to the younger people who are saying, 'We don't like corrupt people.'

My mother was a Bible student, and when I was a youngster, both my mother and father would say, 'If people would only live by the Golden Rule, there wouldn't be the problems that there are.' In other words, 'treat people the way you want to be treated.' If somebody mistreats you, two wrongs won't make a right.

In totality, I take care not be a bad influence on youngsters.

It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they'll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating.

These youngsters hold that all morality is relative but that middle class morality is just plain bad.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

Stay focused on your mission, remain steadfast in your pursuit of excellence, and always do the right thing.

I don't believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you're spending your time doing something worthwhile.

You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.

Of course, success takes you where your character can't sustain you.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

When you sign your name on the dotted line, it's more than just playing baseball. You have a responsibility to make good decisions and show people how things are supposed to be done.