Quotes About Ethics

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

Nothing destroys one's respect in the hearts of others more than greed.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

Your job gives you authority. Your behavior gives you respect

Whoever does not respect life, does not deserve it.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it.

It can take years to earn respect, but it only takes one day to lose it.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.

My mother and father have brought us up to respect everyone with the same equal love and honor them, and you're supposed to honor your profession.

We do want our fellow citizens to respect our deeply held conviction that the absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not a lesser, moral importance to our actions on earth.

It's impossible to feel good about yourself if you are doing things that you aren't proud of. . . . It's essential that you . . . [do] things you can respect and admire.

We respect law, when the law respects our needs. Whenever legality clashes with morality, legality should be opposed and morality should be upheld.

I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.

Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.

One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.

Cheating is cheating. Some coaches believe if you can get away with it, cheating is smart. I have no respect for those guys.

If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?

Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?

There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum.

I want to build up my philosophy... my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.