Quotes About Ethics

I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't - that to me is not life.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

I do not remember in my whole life I ever willfully misrepresented anything to anybody at any time. I have never knowingly had connection with a fraudulent scheme.

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

You need to find a way to live your life, that it doesn't make a mockery of your values.

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong.

Whose life is it, anyway?

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

The first duty of life is to live.

Cloning will enable mankind to reach eternal life.

...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

Life and death are not properly scientific concepts but rather political concepts, which as such acquire a political meaning precisely only through a decision.