Ethics Quotes

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Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t… — Charles Darwin
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral sense… — Charles Darwin
Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason, self-interest,… — Charles Darwin
To have something to say is a question of sleepless nights and worry and endless ratiocination of subject - of endless trying to dig out… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives… — Bertrand Russell
Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people. — Bill Moyers
All religion and all ethics are summed up in justice. — Moncure D. Conway
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is… — Stephen Covey
My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that… — Dalai Lama
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have. — Marva Collins
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. — Doug Larson
There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white. — Unknown Author
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess. — Josh Billings
Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited. — James Gibbons
If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar… — Michel de Montaigne
He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying. — Michel de Montaigne
Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. — Henry David Thoreau
I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because… — Matthew Henry
We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this. — Holbrook Jackson

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