Quotes about Ethics
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
— Cicero
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.
— Cicero
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
History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.
— Benjamin Netanyahu
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