Ethics Quotes · Page 36

Within the small crew of people who hold the media's many 'NeverTrump' positions, the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Pete Wehner doesn't…

— Mollie Hemingway

But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,…

— David Hume

We all have little sisters and cousins who look up to us, and we see what they go through. So we have…

— Pepa

Sometimes I hate having a conscience, and a stupidly thorough sense of honor.

— Jim Butcher

“He tended to live too much by the private judgements of his own conscience and not enough by the sheer Word of…

— Robert Bruce

I sometimes feel a great ennui, profound emptiness, doubts which sneer in my face in the midst of the most spontaneous satisfactions.…

— Gustave Flaubert

Be the master of your will but the servant of your conscience.

— Robin Sharma

Only so much can be borne from men, so much from gods

— Janet Morris

“We, all of us, must be left alone to make good on our own consciences. And no county magistrate or judge or…

— Kathleen Kent

Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives. What we decide about the…

— Jim Rohn

There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.

— Moshe Safdie

Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.

— Anne Lamott

“Doing the next "right thing" will always bring more genuine happiness than simply doing the next fun thing.”

— John Bruna

My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.

— Zarin Mehta

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

— William Godwin

I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I…

— Carla Gugino

Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic involved. A…

— Katy Perry

I hope I pass on my dad's good humor, work ethic and lack of self-seriousness. Our house was always a fun place…

— Willie Geist

Wrong is wrong only when you are at liberty to choose.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence.

— Angela Carter

An ethic isn't a fact you can look up. It's a way of thinking.

— Theodore Sturgeon

In a world where profit is consistently put before both people and the planet, climate economics has everything to do with ethics…

— Naomi Klein

As Americans, we're not sure we share values. We're sometimes even afraid to use the word 'values.' We talk about teaching ethics…

— Rudy Giuliani

Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon…

— Isaac Barrow