Quotes about Ethics
We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.
— Michelle Obama
Either we conform our desires to the truth or we conform the truth to our desires.
— Os Guinness
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right
— Max De Pree
We do not need a truth to serve us, we need a truth that we can serve.
— Jacques Maritain
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Having bought truth dear, we must not sell it cheap, not the least grain of it for the whole world.
— Roger Williams
Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.
— Max De Pree
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.
— Mark Twain
When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.
— Craig Groeschel
Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.
— Randy Alcorn
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
— Jimmy Carter
The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person.
— Shimon Peres