Ethics Quotes · Page 80

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

— Leo Tolstoy

God is the source of Light and Life and yet He is above and beyond all these. God is conscience.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Christians do not restrict their moral horizons to immediate results; they make their ethical decisions from an eternal perspective (p. 52).”

— D.A. Carson

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.

— Henry Miller

“Duty and conscience were, for Theodora, attributes which belonged properly to Girl Scouts.”

— Shirley Jackson

Her virtue and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won.

— John Milton

Ethics knows no party. Those rules should be applied the same in a Republican administration and a Democratic administration.

— Richard Painter

“Evil is never done so thoroughly or so well as when it is done with a good conscience.”

— Blaise Pascal

The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they…

— Steven Pinker

“I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art…

— Oscar Wilde

“Daddy says every person on earth is born iwth a device that lets them know right from wrong. Some call it their…

— Toni Teepell

I think of myself as being an ethical man, but I don't try to teach ethics. I have no message. I know…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“With the child already shame-based, the feeling of discouragement takes over the whole personality. As the shame-based child forms her primitive conscience,…

— John Bradshaw

“A man’s “interests” depend on the kind of goals he chooses to pursue, his choice of goals depends on his desires, his…

— Ayn Rand

To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience, and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: To this point I…

— William Shakespeare

There's nothing like meeting someone's family to get a true sense of them and a reflection of their ethics and personality. It…

— Lenora Crichlow

[Wendy] Davis [pursued] higher education, as her campaign website says, with 'the help of academic scholarships, student loans, and state and federal…

— Liza Mundy

“He believed that every individual was responsible for his conduct on earth, that there was a judge within. Could even a blazingly…

— Irving Stone

The more big business talks about something, the less of it there is. For example, it 'values' jobs just at the moment…

— Corinne Maier

A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not…

— C. Wright Mills

It is now generally accepted that the roots of our ethics lie in patterns of behavior that evolved among our pre-human ancestors,…

— Peter Singer

I look for people who have raw intelligence and a great work ethic and loyalty, and I can quickly identify people who…

— Hillary Clinton

Years ago, while I was watching a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, I remember staring in awe…

— Ron White

To me, a philosopher who says that the distinction between human and nonhuman depends on whether you have a white or a…

— J. M. Coetzee

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I don't know any bank that dismisses the…

— Justin Welby

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

— Mo Yan

My work ethics have been the same whether it's in international cricket, first class, or even club cricket.

— S. Sreesanth

Happiness consists of three things; Someone to love, work to do, and a clear conscience

— Anonymous

PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.

— Ambrose Bierce

Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.

— Samuel Smiles

“The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense…

— Amy Dacyczyn

If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.

— Elbert Hubbard

No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions.

— Aldo Leopold

“I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life; I should not be honest otherwise.”

— George Santayana

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

— Saint Augustine

If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.

— Raphael Lemkin

“They preserved autonomy of conscience even at the cost of becoming eccentric.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Liberty of conscience is for those who truly fear the Lord. A fundamental task of the state is the establishment of pure…

— John Cotton

Never by hatred is hatred appeased, but it is appeased by kindness. This is an eternal truth.

— Gautama Buddha

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

— William Godwin