Quotes about Ethical Dilemmas
Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
— Confucius
Sin as little as possible-that is the law of mankind. Not to sin at all is the dream of the angel. All earthly things are subject to sin. Sin is like gravity.
— Victor Hugo
Let us never fear robbers nor murderers. Those are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. What matters is what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul.
— Victor Hugo
Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
— Ben Stein
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Sometimes we do the wrong thing for the right reason. We've all been there.
— Max Lucado
A Jew asks over and over, "What is fair? What is just? Who is a good man, and why?
— Steven Pressfield
Moral living sometimes demands difficult choices. It requires selflessness.
— Billy Graham
It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts.
— Billy Graham
Today we see social evil, terrorism, and gross immorality throughout the world. Someone has said, "A wrong deed is right if the majority of people declare it not to be wrong." By this principle we can see our standards shifting from year to year according to the popular vote! This new permissiveness is condoned by intelligent men and women, many of whom are found in the churches.
— Billy Graham
We need to know what the Bible teaches about right and wrong. Every day we are battered by messages—from the media, advertising, entertainment, celebrities, even our friends—with one underlying theme: "Live for yourself".
— Billy Graham