Quotes About Ethics

Influence begins with who you are.

there is one quality

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly bigger man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

Here is our first rule: Any life you create is yours, and must be cared for. No matter how humble or small, it is still yours, and you must answer for it.

Adultery and cruelty have well-marked courses of action but what can a man do when his wife wants to appear naked on the stage?

in those days I didn't drink, smoke, swear, or speak Italian.

It was not fair and therefore unworthy of my respect. It was as simple as that.

learning from something or someone you admire is not stealing. It's called "being influenced by.

Are we truly acting from principle and not from interest? Surely it is at least convenient that for us the two coincide.

Being a philosopher, rather than a neophyte in sanctity, Mr. Gaul did not feel it at all incumbent upon him to refrain from contemplating Perdita's legs.

And he recalled what Jason Otter had said about pity: how if you had pity and there was one miserable consciousness left in the universe, you had no right to be happy.

Dont fu.. any of my friends.

We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

Principles are important in life, but when they begin to boost ones ego, then they turn into a burden for relationships.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue, and no greater loss than to forget it.

Simplicity, patience and forgiveness are three virtues which makes one able to keep good attitude.

One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

They (the German companies) want to buy moral forgiveness but you don't buy moral forgiveness at bargain-basement prices.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Who's going to feel sorry for him? You know they're illegal, whether it was two years ago or five years ago. You shouldn't do it. All you can do is ask for forgiveness.