Quotes About Ethics

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

It is better to have a right destroyed than to abandon it because of fear.

Fear to do ill, and you need fear else.

He has but one great fear that fears to do wrong.

If we live in a state of constant fear, can we remain human?

Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all. ~Shuhei Hisagi

We fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of fear and pain.

You can't help people being right for the wrong reasons...This fear of finding oneself in bad company is not an expression of political purity; it is an expression of a lack of self-confidence.

Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense.

To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.

ThereÂ's a fear that grasps each individual and what they think is right and what they think is wrong.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

I fear that we are beginning to design ourselves to suit digital models of us, and I worry about a leaching of empathy and humanity in that process.

He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor.

A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach it is philosophy without fear.

I would rather be known in life as a honest sinner than as a lying hypocrite.

Be remembered for the right reasons. Leave a legacy and a smile in your heart beyond life.

A mans morality depends on how he treats his wife, children and friends, and how he lives his life.

Karma has no menu. You get served what you deserve.

When what we want to do and what we ought to do are two different things, character is built in the choice we make

Money doesn't change who people are, it just amplifies their personality.

Be known for your footprints and not fingerprints.