Quotes About Ethics

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

Success is how well you do what you do when nobody else is looking.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

Success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

When I interview people, I look at their values. I always say that the best chance of success is if the individual's values are aligned with the corporate values.

No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows; in no way can the success of evil be made surer or quicker.

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

What's the secret to success? It's no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Success is the only unforgivable sin against your neighbor.