Quotes About Ethics

From Plato: "The measure of a man is what he does with power.

On one occasion Jimmy is said to have given the elderly, impoverished mother of a young hood five thousand dollars. The woman's son was said to have owed his mother the money but had refused to pay her. Jimmy was apparently so incensed at this lack of regard for motherhood that he gave the woman the five thousand in the morning, claiming it was from her son, and then allegedly killed the woman's son before dusk.

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.

I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible.

In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.

It's never too late to do the right thing.

In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it's hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn't always so easy to figure out.

In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were

Savannah sometimes sounded a lot like the little voice that had taken up residence in my head but never bothered paying rent, and right now it whispered that if I felt guilty, maybe I was doing something wrong.

While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing.

there were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives

In college, there aren't many guys like that, and why would there be? When girls just give it away for nothing? I mean, I can understand why you'd sleep with someone if you love them, but if you barely know them? What's the point? It just cheapens it.

was often told what I should do. He expected honesty and integrity in all aspects of life, but I was also told to hold doors for women and children, to shake hands with a firm grip, to remember people's names, and to always give the customer a little more than expected.

Actions - not thoughts or intentions - were the way to judge others.

That in the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.

Give a day's work for a day's pay. Anything less is stealing.

I think the parts that I played sort of broke the mould in terms of - you know, I played grey characters, the bad girl with a good heart, there was a good reason for her to be bad.

I can ruin my own career, but I will not ruin anyone elses' career with my mouth.

I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person should say and I would put my words in his mouth.

In life, people move on their interests and even more when money is an issue.

I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.

It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.

What I will say is that business is not a nice area. And you might say that I am a business woman, but I'm not into cut-throat business moves.

We do not talk enough about spirit in business, yet it is what moves employees, customers, and shareholders alike.