Ethical Quotes

528 Ethical quotes by 398 unique authors

I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really… — Catherine Bell
Tom Coburn never forgot that members of Congress are spending the hard-earned money of the people back home. Even a lot of conservatives end up… — John Fund
Love is the supreme value around which all moral values can be integrated into one ethical system valid for the whole of humanity. — Pitirim Sorokin
Freemasonry is 'veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols' because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It… — Carl H. Claudy
Are we going to continue to yield personal liberties and community autonomy to the steady inexplicable centralization all political power or restore the Republic to… — Douglas MacArthur
How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts to become a… — Price Pritchett
And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto… — Roger Mudd
We are about to enter a new era in which, each year, less net energy will be available to humankind, regardless of our efforts or… — Richard Heinberg
We can't achieve excellence through talent alone. Or merely by making technological improvements. We can't even buy our way to excellence, no matter how much… — Price Pritchett
Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. There never was an ethical code preached which had not renunciation for its basis. — Swami Vivekananda
Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their interpretation is partly… — George Orwell
Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever quite liked the commission man. His function is too vague, his presence always seems one too… — Raymond Chandler
Just as the natural environment depends on biodiversity, so the human environment depends on cultural diversity, because no one civilization encompasses all the spiritual, ethical… — Jonathan Sacks
It is my fundamental conviction that compassion - the natural capacity of the human heart to feel concern for and connection with another human being… — Dalai Lama
In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action. — Jerry Pournelle
I believe that the horrifying deterioration in the ethical conduct of people today stems from the mechanization and dehumanization of our lives. A disastrous by-product… — Albert Einstein
Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should think and judge… — Nathaniel Branden
Man is unique in that he has plans, purpose and goals which require the need for criteria of choice. The need for ethical value is… — George Bernard Shaw
The promise of business is to increase the general well-being of humankind through service, a creative invention and ethical philosophy. — Paul Hawken
He [Jesus] was the greatest human being who has ever lived. He was a moral genius. His ethical sense was unique. He was the intrinsically… — Charles Templeton
A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk?… — Jeremy Bentham
Assume that your drive to experience pleasure isn't a barrier to your spiritual growth, but is in fact essential to it. Proceed on the hypothesis… — Rob Brezsny
I think 'vegan' is a beautiful word. It is more than just a description for our diet. I see it as a visible template for… — Philip Wollen
An organization filled with honest, motivated, connected, eager, learning, experimenting, ethical and driven people will always defeat the one that merely has talent. Every time. — Seth Godin

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