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Quotes About Ethics

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
~ Henry A. Kissinger
What exercise is to the body, employment is to the mind and morals.
~ Henry David Thoreau
You don't want to have to come into work on Monday already apologizing. I try to save my apologies for what I've done later in the week.
~ Ike Barinholtz
Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!
~ Joe Biden
He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.
~ Terry Pratchett, Making Money
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.
~ David Attenborough
I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
~ Sam Simon
I had to work harder. I couldn't do the social thing, and play the game the others were playing. I had to work that much harder and handle the 'evils' by doing good work.
~ Unknown
I think that if you're just a good person, you work hard, you say "yes," and you are driven, you will eventually work your way to the top. At least that's how it's been for me.
~ Ainsley Earhardt
There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been a success, Mammon grips them and whispers: More money for more work.
~ Aleister Crowley
Just practice hard and stay grounded. Treat people like you want to be treated and work hard.
~ Bo Bice
If you live your life the right way, you work hard, you go about things the right way, eventually something good's going to come of it.
~ Dan Uggla
Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them.
~ Dick Cavett
The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.
~ Geraldine Ferraro
I was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.
~ Joe Arpaio
Don't fall into the trap of thinking about politics in your workplace too much. Just work hard, be cheerful, ignore distractions.
~ Mindy Kaling
I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.
~ Unknown
My philosophy is if you're going to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for not a whole lot of money, why work for someone you're not gonna be loyal to?
~ Stephanie Cutter
We never understood the concept of people going onstage and giving anything less than 100 percent. Maybe that's a blue-collar work ethic, but I call it just ethics.
~ Steven Van Zandt
Work hard, play fair, be kind to all living creatures, and take a moment to just sit back and breathe.
~ Tricia Helfer
Ethical systems and practices need to look good. They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.
~ Adrian Grenier
I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them.
~ Al Gore
I have never obtained any ethical values from my scientific work.
~ Albert Einstein
Work only can keep even kings respectable.
~ Albert Pike