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Quotes About Ethics

We do not advocate 'right to life' for animals.
~ Ingrid Newkirk
Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
I have a way of life that I don't change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need, even if it's not enough for others. For me, it is no sacrifice, it's a duty.
~ Jose Mujica
I don't see why someone should lose their life just so you can have a snack.
~ Russell Brand
Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
~ Toni Morrison
Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments.
~ Paul Tillich
Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
~ R. Lee Ermey
If only evil things are done by evil people... Life would be then safe, morally elevated, cozy - we know how to spot evil people and what to do with them to pay for their crimes.
~ Zygmunt Bauman
The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death.
~ Diogenes
We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches
~ Franz Boas
My Mum taught me great manners. And she always told me that you can be or do whatever in life, as long as you don't hurt anyone and you're happy. My Mum's great; I adore her.
~ Colin Farrell
There are two things I know about life... Only the good die young but the real jerks will live forever.
~ Lewis Black
I think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.
~ Marco Pierre White
Being pro-life doesn't save babies, acting pro-life does.
~ Dennis Green
Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.
~ Marcus Aurelius
In all aspects of my life, I try to reduce my impact on the earth - that includes snowboarding, as well.
~ Jeremy Jones
While so much of our economic life is thriving, too much of our moral life is still stagnating. As a people, we need to reaffirm our faith.
~ Joe Lieberman
Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.
~ Albert Einstein
Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.
~ Albert Einstein
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.
~ Allan Bloom
There's nothing, absolutely nothing, more important than your life. And your life isn't more important than other people's lives.
~ Yasmina Khadra
The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life.
~ Saint John Chrysostom