Quotes about Ethics
The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.
- Andrew Carnegie
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
- Andrew Carnegie
Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
- Albert Schweitzer
To seek the highest good is to live well.
- St. Augustine
It is better to die well than to live badly.
- Jan Hus
Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.
- William Wilberforce
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
- Lao Tzu
I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.
- Charles Colson
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
- Theodore Roosevelt
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
- St. Augustine
Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.
- Ezra Taft Benson
The Bible is pregnant with politics. You cannot read the Bible from Genesis through Revelation and go through too many chapters that are not involving politics.
- Tony Evans