I would say I am very much more interested in ethics than in code/ morality. I think it's in this way that… — Richard Marshall Copy Share Image
Many are really virtuous who cannot explain what virtue is . . . But the powers themselves in reality perform their several… — Francis Hutcheson Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When you're young, you start looking at what you want to do - not just who you want to be, but what… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
O beautiful for spacious skies, . . . O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country… — Katharine Lee Bates Copy Share Image
Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
The experience of previous years leads to one conclusion: there is one morality in politics and another for economy. In the years… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
“Media work needs ideals. Maybe thirty years from now, after I retire, I'll see the media mature and make the transition from… — Judy Polumbaum Copy Share Image
In a society that considers all genuine ideas subversive, which seeks to discourage ideological imagination, and which aims to abolish thought in… — Guillaume Faye Copy Share Image
Laissez-faire capitalism, or anarchocapitalism, is simply the economic form of the libertarian ethic. Laissez-faire capitalism encompasses the notion that men should exchange… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
“Most of us believe that eating meat is natural because humans have hunted and consumed animals for millennia. And it is true… — Melanie Joy Copy Share Image
“Massive round-ups of strays have been replaced by daily intake and elimination, the large crate full of dead dogs replaced by a… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works but rather the way God is. Cheek-turning… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“We will suggest he is led to these conclusions by a distorted view of the social and legal landscape. Where exemptions give… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law.… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
“Morally it may be better to not kill any creature for their flesh, but biologically, meat was one of the greatest factors… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Instead of playing heroes and righteous people, I'd rather portray characters with problems of conscience who have to lie, to betray, and… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes… — Dianne Holum Copy Share Image
I write both at home and at coffee shops, and I have a terrible work ethic - I have a tendency to… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
If not for that of conscience, yet at least for ambition's sake, let us reject ambition, let us disdain that thirst of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“There is no check-box for ethical leadership. It is an ongoing individual and organizational journey. We will never know everything that there… — Linda Fisher Thornton Copy Share Image
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“You may give them your love, but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
'Wherefore, brethren, thus must ye train yourselves : Liberation of the will through love will develop, we will often practice it, we… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness,-a system in which the two… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“Would you agree," he said, "that man's sole duty is to produce as much pleasure as possible?" "Only if the pleasure produced… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share Image
The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
Some of us find our way with a single light to guide us; others lose themselves even when the star field is… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
There are seven things that will destroy us, Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Religion without sacrifice, Politics without… — Coldheart Copy Share Image
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
“A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
“The difficulty was not that of following a moral principle at personal cost; the difficulty was that of knowing what to do… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image