Quotes about Ethics

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

We're always at war with good and evil in this world. No one escapes it. It's how we see it, how we recognize it that engages us in battle.

You don't have to have special skills to be a hero. You just have to do what's right, despite the cost.

What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching.

Science without conscience is the death of the soul.

Nothing, however, can be successfully substituted for pleasing conduct.

If a man preach the Golden Rule as a sound rule of conduct his words will fall upon deaf ears if he does not practice that which he preaches. The most effective sermon that any man can preach on the soundness of the Golden Rule is that which he preaches, by suggestion, when he applies this rule in his relationships with his fellow men.

Never ask anyone to do anything for you that you wouldn't do for him or her if the circumstances were reversed. There is a

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

There is no hope for the person who is dishonest by choice. Sooner or later, his deeds will catch up with him, and he will pay by loss of reputation, and perhaps even loss of liberty.

Compromise occurs when our behavior fails to reflect our priorities. In what ways have you compromised, and how can you get back on track?

It's because I want you to remember that character counts. You can be the best there ever was at something, but if you have no character, what do you have? On the other hand, if you have very little as far as accomplishments but you have character, well, then you're all right in my book.