Quotes about Ethics
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
- Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
- Theodore Roosevelt
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Of two evils we must always choose the least.
- Thomas a Kempis
He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.
- Thomas a Kempis
But why do we talk and gossip so continually, seeing that we so rarely resume our silence without some hurt done to our conscience?
- Thomas a Kempis
Sometimes my sin is not what I do; it also describes what I don't do when I know I should.
- Thomas a Kempis
You do not grow in holiness because of the praise you receive, nor do you become evil because of the blame poured upon you.
- Thomas a Kempis
He who shaneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.
- Thomas a Kempis
Charity is love; not all love is charity.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Now just vengeance is taken only for that which is done unjustly; hence that which provokes anger is always something considered in the light of an injustice.
- St. Thomas Aquinas