Ethics Quotes · Page 84

Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach…

— Joseph Cook

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

— Margaret Halsey

“Not the last time in Western history, the revolutionaries armed themselves with a new religion to steel themselves for greater outrageous.”

— Niall Ferguson

“Things that seem morally obvious and intuitive now weren’t necessarily so in the past; many started with nonconforming reasoning.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“We hope to drown the murmurs of our paralysed conscience by screaming about other people's sins.”

— Faiqa Mansab

Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, and therein stay.

— Mary Butts

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

— Simon Cowell

The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

— Henry Ward Beecher

My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got…

— Jakob Dylan

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always. The conscience really does not, and ought not to…

— Henry David Thoreau

The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is…

— Shirley Temple

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of…

— Samuel Alito

“At its best, art can be nothing more than a means of forgetting the human disaster for a while.’ I am still…

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

A leader whose speech is prepared by others is not a leader; he is just an empty and stupid bottle! Use your…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he…

— Rand Paul

The goal of maximizing the welfare of all may be better achieved by an ethic that accepts our inclinations and harnesses them…

— Peter Singer

It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle…

— Laura Schlessinger

As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning,…

— Ray Bradbury

“...tradition helps man discover his true conscience and dignity; it allows a man to awaken his metaphysical essence and to accomplish his…

— Raido

Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of…

— Barack Obama

It's a lot harder to keep your cool than it is to lose it. That's on any work ethic. Even if you're…

— Hank Williams III

I wouldn't advocate for a feminism that's buttoned-up and divorced of the messiness of our real lives. Your feelings are your feelings,…

— Melissa Gira Grant

“Lewis Richardson wrote that his quest to analyze peace with numbers sprang from two prejudices. As a Quaker, he believed that "the…

— Steven Pinker

Book CoverTo have people who are well informed but not constrained by conscience is conceivably, the most dangerous outcome of education possible.…

— Ernest L. Boyer

There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Muslims around the world deserve to see birthplace of Islam represent the ethics of Islam.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.

— William J. Clinton

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.

— Henry David Thoreau

A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her…

— Barack Obama

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them

— George Bernard Shaw

There is an ongoing battle between conscience and self-interest in which, at some point, we have to take sides.

— Robert Breault

The strongest feelings assigned to the conscience are not moral feelings at all; they express merely physical antipathies.

— George Santayana

“How can you escape from your own conscience, the reality of your own actions?”

— Neil Walker

“Is it really such an admirable trait not to let myself be influenced by others? Am I right in following my own…

— Anne Frank

I try to be very much in control when it comes to work. I have a strong work ethic.

— Alison Brie

Humanity is lost because people have abandoned using their conscience as their compass.

— Suzy Kassem

I've never been a fan of sociopaths who have no conscience. That scares me because they're capable of anything.

— Laurie Holden

Never yet were the feelings and instincts of our nature violated with impunity; never yet was the voice of conscience silenced without…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

The goal of embodying Christian ethics - if you want to call yourself a Christian - is being patient and loving with…

— Julien Baker

All the dry ethics of the world turn to dust because apart from God they are lifeless.

— Mahatma Gandhi