Quotes About Ethics

We're not lawbreakers, we're law-abiding, and intend to stay that way.

Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

Sooner or later, false thinking brings wrong conduct.

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

As an entrepreneur you have responsibilities in trying to operate well in what you have to do. There is a positive effect if you end up doing that. That's where I try to spend most of my efforts.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.

Actually, power is like money; neither good nor bad. Its negative or positive spin depends upon how we use it.

When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.

Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.

This is why I turned down multiple $Million Dollar Offers for my website. Because the positive impact you have in other lives is more important than a quick cash out.

To the extent that we can shine a light on the bad things being done, that's going to have a positive impact.

Every child must master empathy-based ethics because the rules are changing; the less they apply the less learning them has positive impact

Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.

So much wrong could religion induce.

My intellect as well as my instincts lead me to the conclusion that men have a positive yearning to be good.

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

We become just by performing just actions temperate by performing temperate actions brave by performing brave actions.

I will not change just to court popularity.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further and try to plant a virtue in its place.