Best 1285 quotes in «ethics quotes» category

Universal brotherhood under the fatherhood of God.

Virtue is its own revenge.

...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.

Walt Shaub is a true ethics hero for speaking out.

We are living in a period of commerical globalization. What we really need is spiritual globalization.

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

We cannot respect something just because millions or billions believe in it! We can respect something only if it is complying with the high intelligence and ethics!

We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.

We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics.

We must not fall into the trap of projecting our own morality onto the Soviet leaders. They do not share our aspirations, they are not constrained by our ethics, they always consider themselves exempt from the rules that bind other states.

We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

We don't consider ourselves equal opportunity anythings, because that's not - you know, that's the beauty of fake journalism. We don't have to - we travel in fake ethics.

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.

We have to treat others as part of who we are, rather than as a 'them' with whom we are in constant competition.

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.

We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.

We need to evolve and articulate a global ethics for a global civilization that integrates and evolves the passionate truths of every great system of knowledge - pre-modern, modern, and post-modern.

We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on what we are supposed to do then, yes, it is a human product.

When truth is divided, errors multiply.

We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.

what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.

What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

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 terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

What women want is what men want. They want respect.

When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing something that I don't love every day, I'm not very good at it. That's called work, and I don't like work that much.

When the human body is put under exceptional strain, a range of dormant genes in the DNA are expressed and extraordinary physiological processes are activated.

What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.

What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.

What our species needs, above all else, is a generally accepted ethical system that is compatible with the scientific knowledge we now possess.

[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be they ever so inclusive, he is making a virtue out of a defense mechanism which insures him against questioning his presuppositions.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

When you're young, you start looking at what you want to do - not just who you want to be, but what you want to do. And I think the tenacity to say, "I'm going to perfect that," is the beginning of a work ethic. It's the beginning of a talent.

When you teach your students that it's "economically rational" to commit crimes where the fines for misconduct are lower than the expected return on the crime, you instill a professional ethic that has no room for morals.

Why are we trying to measure social media like a traditional channel anyway? Social media touches every facet of business and is more an extension of good business ethics.

While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.

Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.

Without integrity, no company can have positive word of mouth

Without ethics man has no future. This is to say mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities.

Work ethic = dreams! That to me is that no one gets a free ride. You have to work for it and it doesn't get handed to you.

Work ethics eliminates fear.

Work ethic is the most important component of being successful.

Work ethic must exceed the expectation level.

You cannot advocate decency and ethics, you must design the conditions that eliminate the problems.  In scarcity, people will tend to steal.  If you make things available, people tend not to steal.

You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic.

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.

You have to get beyond blaming others . . . give up your excuses . . . stand responsible for what you do . . . ultimately, ethics ends up an individual exercise.