Quotes About Ethics

No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.

A hard lesson had been learned--that man himself suffers most when his hand despoils the earth and robs it of its legitimate fruits.

I speak not of men's creeds—they rest between Man and his Maker.

Trade is much superior to piracy. You can rob and kill a man but once, but you can cheat him again and again.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.

In order to be true to one's conscience and true to God, a righteous man has no alternative but to refuse to cooperate with an evil system.

The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind; but the odor of good people travels; even against the wind: a good man pervades every place.

Slander is the biggest occupation of a man who produces nothing but lies!

Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.

British physician, West African Countries and Peoples Man's place is higher than the sky. Respect for man is the underlying spirit of civilization.

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.

Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason.

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.

If penicillin had been judged by its toxicity to guinea pigs, it might never have been used by man.

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.

To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks every thing.