Quotes about Ethics
It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty, too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
— Thomas a Kempis
No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
— Ulysses S. Grant
No one in this world needs a mink coat but a mink.
— Anonymous
There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
— Marcus Aurelius
The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.
— Marcus Aurelius
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.
— Confucius
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
— Ulysses S. Grant
It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Happy [is] the man who knows his duties!
— Christian Furchtegott Gellert
Cruelty is the only sin.
— Ellen Glasgow
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
— Aristotle