Quotes about Ethics

the fact that he offered his best. What they leave out of Abraham's history is dread; for to money I have no ethical obligation, but to the son the father has the highest and most sacred obligation. Dread, however, is a perilous thing for effeminate natures, hence they forget it, and in spite of that they want to talk about Abraham.

To sin is human, to lay snares is diabolical.

As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.

None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.

We all have to recognise - no matter how great our strength - that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.

Integrity gains strength by use.

All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.

No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices.

The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals. Strength enters just as much as the moral element prevails.