Quotes about Ethics
There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.
- Calvin Coolidge
we are not received by Jesus into a school of ethics but into a kingdom of redemption.
- Geerhardus Vos
It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.
- George Bernard Shaw
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
- George Bernard Shaw
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.
- George Bernard Shaw
The love of money is the root of all virtue.
- George Bernard Shaw
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
- George Bernard Shaw
We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
- George Bernard Shaw
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
- George Eliot
Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.
- George Eliot
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
- George Eliot
Nothing strong can be built on a foundation of lies and omissions.
- Isabel Allende