Quotes About Ethics

Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same.

Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that it's all or nothing. We have to be pragmatic. Screw the principle.

Whether you do something or decide to do nothing, either way, you are making a moral choice. And I hope people make the right one.

We must confront the world now with an ethics to make it tremble, and with a dynamic to give it hope

Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you can't do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who can't protect themselves.

If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.

Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.

What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?

My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.

He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it.

I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

People aren't good or bad. They just do good or bad things. Your only hope is to know which is which.

I did it to get what I want. Maybe I should regret that, but I can't. Sometimes you do the bad thing and hope for the good result.

Whatever is a cruel wrong, Whatever is unjust, The honest years that speed along Will trample in the dust.

Follow in the footsteps of your fathers' virtue! How could you hope to climb high unless your fathers' will climbs with you?

Few people ever kill for the right reasons, June. Most do it for the wrong reasons. I just hope you never have to be in either category.

The great hope of society is in individual character

We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.