You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the… — James Young Copy Share Image
“[L]uxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see… — Anne Leckie Copy Share Image
“I almost wish I hadn't any conscience, it's so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing right, and didn't feel uncomfortable when… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Under my contract with the American voter, we are proposing a series of ethics reforms on day one to end government corruption.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
In the relations of man with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The Christian notion of conscience imperatively demands a corresponding measure of personal liberty. The feeling of duty and responsibility to God is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Not learning how to read is not another style of literacy, and not learning to see others as ends in themselves is… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
When one does another person an injustice, in some mysterious way it does one good to discover (or to persuade oneself) that… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“We are not obliged to sound the Bishop of D—— on the score of orthodoxy. In the presence of such a soul… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I started my first year at college on May 10 2015, and dropped my first video, 'Black Box' on the same day,… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
I would almost consider myself a canonical child of Generation X... because I think there is an ethic and aesthetic that goes… — Mark Pesce Copy Share Image
In my view, there was a long period in which analytical philosophy had little to say about ethics. I think their intellectual… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Altruism demands that an individual serve others, but doesn’t stipulate whether those others should be one’s family, or the homeless, or society… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its… — Florida Scott-Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish for spiritual… — Kay Warren Copy Share Image
Work ethic and this determination is all part of escaping the depressive side. Of course I'm manic depressive, maybe not to the… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
A faithful person is revealed by those who hate him or her. Are you hated for your faith or ethics? If nobody… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
If we are not most careful with our thoughts and speech, the words we use will use us. Language has its own… — Ted E. Brewerton Copy Share Image
In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
My mother's work ethic, her attitude, and the way she treated each and every customer as if they were her best friend… — Bill Capodagli Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I worry about Google's data ethics and about the idea of handing over the corpus of my life, but I can't deny… — Om Malik Copy Share Image
When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic… — Drew Bledsoe Copy Share Image
There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience,… — Alija Izetbegovic Copy Share Image
Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect -… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, Sea World said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science,… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
All of the artists that I've worked with have an incredible work ethic. And Madonna has the best work ethic of them… — Paul Oakenfold Copy Share Image
At the heart of Christian ethic is humility; at the heart of its parodies, pride. Different roads with different destinations, and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The theater in which God has chosen to meet rational creatures quietly is the inward realm of conscience, moral reasoning, prayer, and… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share Image
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence… — John Updike Copy Share Image
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