Quotes About Ethics

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?

Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf.

In business, I've discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That's my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards.

Character is what you are in the dark.

I don't believe in God. I believe gods and devils are within us. It's our own battle. Our life's battle is to appeal to the gods within us, and to fight the devils within us.

To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.

Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.

I am against abortion; I think that life is sacred and we should take a position of being against abortion. I think it is wrong to take human life. I think that human life starts at conception.

I am pro-life. I hate the concept of abortion.

For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.

Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.