Ethics Quotes

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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life. — Joseph Conrad
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. — Calvin Coolidge
I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic. — Elvis Costello
The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British. — Simon Cowell
Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. — Oliver Cromwell
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. — Democritus
Well, one of the most important things for Americans to be reminded of is that a lot of the exceptional nature of our country is… — Jim DeMint
Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance. — Jack Dempsey
You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. — Charles Dickens
The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. — Joan Didion
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. — Joan Didion
Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price. — Joan Didion
Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules. — Wayne Dyer
In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries,… — Umberto Eco
No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it. — Marian Wright Edelman
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. — Thomas A. Edison
Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. — Albert Einstein
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. — Albert Einstein
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. — Albert Einstein

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