Quotes About Ethics

That charity is bad which takes from independence its proper pride, from mendicity its salutary shame.

We need steel spines, not weak knees when it comes to political independence in the Department of Justice.

It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.

It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one.

Everyone has a price, the important thing is to find out what it is.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

All you may know of heaven or hell is within your own self.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

God is in my head, but the devil is in my pants.

Right is right, even if no one else does it.

I love the gray area between right and wrong.

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.