Quotes about Ethics
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
— Henry Ward Beecher
All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.
— Thomas Jefferson
In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.
— Abraham Lincoln
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
— Confucius
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
— Publilius Syrus
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
— Laurence Sterne
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
— Seneca
Conscience is a man's compass.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Everyone behaves badly--given the chance.
— Ernest Hemingway
If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.
— Charles Dickens
Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.