Quotes About Ethics

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work

Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.

Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.

The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.

Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.

Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.

The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions.

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.

The gap between intentions and actions is character.

Every right that we enjoy has a corresponding duty to not interfere with the enjoyment of the same right by others.

Quality of work is directly related to the quality of a person's character.

Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.

Something for nothing given to one group is nothing for something taken from another.

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights.

Compromised commitments today lead to creative excuses tomorrow.

The true test of character is to live win-win even when promoted to positions where win-lose is possible.

Justice could be cruel, and crueler yet necessity, but mercy was the cruelest thing of all.

Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.

I began to suspect that the ultimate sacrifice isn't death after all; the ultimate sacrifice is willingly bearing the fullest penalty for your own actions.

Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was a gross insult.

Im neutral on lying, seeing as how theres times when the truth just hurts people.

Law can change how people behave when others are watching that's all.

If a father commands a son to commit a crime so terrible that the son can't do it and live with himself, then is it betrayal for the son to disobey his father?

Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools.