Quotes about Ethics
The Americans have no faith, they rely on the power of a dollar; they are deaf to sentiment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.
- Joe Biden
The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.
- Abraham Lincoln
Power always brings with it responsibility.
- Theodore Roosevelt
We must always seek to ally ourselves with that part of the enemy that knows what is right.
- Mahatma Gandhi
He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Nonviolence is power, but it is the right and good use of power.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
And what does it mean to take care of power? Do you use it? Conserve it? Keep it out of the wrong hands?
- Rainbow Rowell
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.
- Origen
Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
- George Bernard Shaw
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
- John Tillotson