Quotes about Ethics
We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
- Epictetus
Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.
- Joseph Addison
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
- Publilius Syrus
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
- Herbert Hoover
The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.
- George Washington
There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.
- Cicero
"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.
- Ezra Taft Benson
When our honor becomes greater than our moods, that is where transformation happens
- Stephen Covey
No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
- Publilius Syrus
Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
- George Washington
The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
- Cicero
I hope I shall never see the day when the Force of Right is deprived of the Right of Force.
- Winston Churchill