Quotes about Ethics
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
— John Henry Jowett
The time is always right to do what is right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
— Bill Hybels
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is always the right time to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
— Aristotle
Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform.
— Christine Caine
[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.
— Thomas Jefferson
The time is always right to do right
— Nelson Mandela
There's more time spent on teaching kids about recycling than on character development in the American schools.
— Dennis Prager
How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day.
— Anne Frank