Ethics Quotes
1384 quotes by 936 authors
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No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
— Lewis Carroll
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Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever…
— Benjamin Carson
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There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we…
— Benjamin Carson
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The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in…
— Raymond Chandler
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons…
— Samuel Alito
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The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable…
— Nick Cave
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Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this…
— Hugo Chavez
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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.
— Noam Chomsky
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Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great…
— Amy Chua
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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
— Winston Churchill
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The more laws, the less justice.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for…
— Albert Claude
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested…
— B R Ambedkar
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A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is…
— B R Ambedkar
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There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.
— Ian Anderson
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