Quotes About Ethics

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents.

Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world

Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.

You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your best self, not to the self that secretly thinks you are better than other people.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.

I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault.

If you just think exclusively about what would be the best tasting or the most profitable, you're just not seeing the big picture.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.

The best way is to say that as a Christian for me the essence of Christian faith is that you treat others as if you wish to be treated.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

Power is just so much part of the human being because power is survival. But I wonder if that is the best way to survive, by killing someone else.

Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.

The patient decides when it's best to go.

If diamonds are a girl's best friend, I wonder if blood diamonds are a girl's best friend 5 days out of the month?