Quotes About Ethics

We are much too tolerant of the moral aberration of statesmen and bureaucrats.

Power without moral direction is the most dangerous force in the world.

Power is dangerous. It corrupts the best and attracts the worst. Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up.

There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.

And what does it mean to take care of power? Do you use it? Conserve it? Keep it out of the wrong hands?

To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves.

A man's character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate.

Be careful when power comes to thee also, lest thou too shouldst smite in thine anger or thy jealousy, for unconquerable strength is a sore weapon in the hands of erring man

How you correct your mistakes will define your character and commitment to a higher power.

Somehow he had catapulted himself beyond the world's value system. But this very fact lay upon him an awesome responsibility to maintain the illusions of other men.

Do not judge a man by where he stands, but how he reached there.

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

Ill gotten power, money knowledge and qualifications will vanish faster than realized

Growing your leadership capacity demands personal effectiveness. Being effective is the ability to do the right thing at all times, no matter the cost.

Just because you have power, doesn't mean you should use it, especially for the wrong reasons.

When you see something wrong and fail to do anything about it, even in the smallest effort, you accept the wrong.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely where does that leave God?

The illegal we do immediately the unconstitutional takes a little longer.

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.

The surest method against scandal is to live it down by perseverance in well-doing, and by prayer to God that He would cure the distempered mind of those who traduce and injure us.

More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.