Quotes About Ethics

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

I've gone through a lot of different phases on what I do and why I do it - morally and ethically. I've tortured myself about it, especially in dealing with success and money.

A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.

Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.

True success depends more on character than on intellect.

Integrity is crucial for business success - once you can fake that, you've got it made.

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: plagiarize; only be sure always to call it . . . research.

Charity may cover a multitude of sins, but success transmutes them into virtues.

You want to know the secret of my success? Let me tell you about eugenics.

Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

If success corrupts, I'm probably pretty corrupted by now.

There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.

Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.

Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.

The lesser evil is also evil.

The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.

Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it.

The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.

For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends

Success is not success in an individual endeavor. Success is simply to practice the dharma impeccably.