Quotes About Ethics

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

Abortion can never be safe. Any procedure where "success" means the killing of another human being can certainly not be safe.

If you get into business solely to make money, you won't. If you try to make a real difference, you'll find success.

Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.

Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.

Just because you've reached a certain level of success, that doesn't mean you've become corrupted by the system.

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.

Don't be a person of success, be a person of value.

Be sure that, as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right building.

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get.

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility.

It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The United Nations is our conscience. If it succeeds it is our success. If it fails it is our failure.

Make a Fair Product for a Fair Price, then Tell the World.

Success is the best builder of character.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.