Quotes About Ethics

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.

I was so hungry. It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed...

Take care that no one hates you justly.

Character is higher than intellect.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

The trouble with the laws these days is that criminals know their rights better than their wrongs.

It's strange that men should take up crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest.

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it... Obedience to the law is demanded as a right, not asked as a favor.

It takes 35 million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments.

Many Buddhist practitioners recite the Five Remembrances daily. The fifth is, "My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand."

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Treat people as you would like to be treated. Karma's only a [b!#@%] if you are.

Don't let those who take advantage of your generosity stop you from being generous.

There are actions which the whole world considers fine... They will say the same of great moral maxims; of that of Zoroaster: "If in doubt that an action be just, desist;" of that of Confucius: "Forget injuries; never forget kindnesses."

A hand that's dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Leadership is often nothing more than doing the right thing and inspiring others to the same.

Ethics and Logic should be the most generally studied, because all practise them whether they have studied them or not.

ADULTERY. Democracy applied to love.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues.

IMMORALITY. The morality of those who are having a better time.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.