Quotes About Ethics

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

Such is life, here today, gone tomorrow! Nothing goes with one, except one's merit and demerit; good and evil deeds follow one even after death.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I was unaware of.

Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.

I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad people on a fairly regular basis.

There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience.

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.

What the hell have Greenpeace and WWF done? They are paid very good salaries and they float around the world saying, 'We are helping the world,' but they haven't.

Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

It's not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'

Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

Human beings will find a balanced situation when they do good things not because God says it, but because they feel like doing them.

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.

I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.

You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.

Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it

The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins.

Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just sucking up.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.