Quotes about Ethics
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing well is a result of doing good.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well - he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
for the hand can never execute any thing higher than the character can inspire.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson