Ethics Quotes

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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. — Charles Spurgeon
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your… — Charles Spurgeon
Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel. — Charles Spurgeon
I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'. — Danielle Steel
Morality is only moral when it is voluntary. — Lincoln Steffens
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. — Laurence Sterne
If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong. — Robert Louis Stevenson
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. — Potter Stewart
So anyway, I've learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking… — Emma Stone
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic… — W. Clement Stone
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. — Tom Stoppard
When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list -… — James Surowiecki
If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show, we've got a really big… — Kiefer Sutherland
I think Kenny Chesney or Garth Brooks would be the coolest duet partners. I look up to them so much for their work ethics. — Taylor Swift
What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in… — Ratan Tata
It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. — John Templeton
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. — Margaret Thatcher
Richard Nixon was an evil man - evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand… — Hunter S. Thompson
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. — Henry David Thoreau

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