Quotes about Ethics
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
Moral crisis is produced when the same affluent Catholics who faithfully go to mass deny their workers a dignified wage.
— Isabel Allende
there was only one aristocracy, that of decency, and that this was not inherited or bought with money or titles, but was only gained through good deeds.
— Isabel Allende