Quotes about Ethics
The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
- Confucius
Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Knowing what is right is not the same as doing what is right.
- Christine Caine
You must do right before you feel good.
- John Maxwell
The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
- Stephen Covey
Leadership is not a right-it is a responsibility.
- John Maxwell
Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
- John Wooden
A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.
- John Maxwell
Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.
- John Maxwell
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
- Henry David Thoreau