Ethics Quotes

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Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. — Henry David Thoreau
Ethics are so annoying. I avoid them on principle. — Darby Conley
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. — Spencer Johnson
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow. — Thornton Wilder
The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one… — J I Packer
Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How… — Leo Buscaglia
Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics. — Anton Chekhov
If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion. — Dalai Lama
A way of life can be shared among individuals of different ages, status, and social activity. It can yield intense relations not resembling those that… — Michel Foucault
Those who trust us educate us. — George Eliot
We can say that true gratitude does not give rise to the debtor's ethic because it gives rise to faith in future grace. With true… — John Piper
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only… — Albert Einstein
In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as… — Primo Levi
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. — W. Somerset Maugham
Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others. — Ayn Rand
There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from… — Ayn Rand
Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy. — Michael Shermer

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