Quotes About Ethics

You cannot afford to suggest to another person, by word of mouth or in writing, or through any act, that which you yourself do not believe.

Never ask anyone to do anything for you that you wouldn't do for him or her if the circumstances were reversed. There is a

A natureza não está interessada nesse tipo de moral, ela não está interessada no certo ou no errado. Ela não está interessada na justiça ou na injustiça. O seu interesse é unicamente de forçar tudo a expressar a ação de acordo com a sua natureza.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others. Henry Ford comes well within the meaning of this definition.

You can win, for a time, through ruthlessness and stealth; you can garner in more of this world's goods than you will need, by sheer force and shrewd strategy, without taking the time or going to the trouble of being agreeable; but, sooner or later, you will come to that point in life at which you will feel the pangs of remorse and the emptiness of your well filled purse.

A man of profound sincerity is a great moral force, and there is no force — not even the highest intellectual force — that can compare with it. Men are powerful in influence according to the soundness and perfection of their sincerity.

An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.

Success is "the attainment of your desire or definite chief aim without violating the rights of other people." Regardless of what your major aim in life may be, you will attain it with much less difficulty after you learn how to cultivate a pleasing personality and you learn to deal with others without friction or envy.

there is no hope for the person who is dishonest by choice. Sooner or later, his deeds will catch up with him, and he will pay by loss of reputation, and perhaps even loss of liberty.

For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?

The hypocrite thinks he can hood wink the world and the eternal law of the world. There is but one person that he hoodwinks, and that is himself, and for that the law of the world inflicts its righteous penalty.

But remember that extreme altruism is no better and no nobler than extreme selfishness; both are mistakes.

When men first come into contact with crime, they abhor it. If they remain in contact with crime for a time, they become accustomed to it, and endure it. If they remain in contact with it long enough, they finally embrace it, and become influenced by it.

Value given. The master salesperson never tries to get more than the products are actually worth.

The future leader in industry, to endure, must regard himself as a quasi-public official whose duty it is to manage his trust in such a way that it will work hardship on no individual, or group of individuals.

Any person who is educated is one who is able to get what he wants in life without violating the rights of others.

Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others.

Remember that your reputation is made by others, but your character is made by you!

You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.

Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love; close enough on the surface but, to the nonsucker, not exactly the same thing

My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal

If you want to get an idea of a friend's temperament, ethics, and personal elegance, you need to look at him under the tests of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life.

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.