Ethics Quotes

"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine." "Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion." "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong." "All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill." "Who sows virtue reaps honor." "And so it is, that both the devil and the angelic spirits present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice." "The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort." "To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness." "Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?" "He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good." "Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage." "The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell." "Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods." "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors." "The time is always right to do what is right." "Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." "It is not enough to teach our young people to be successful. So are the mafia and drug cartels. We must teach our children that there is no shame in failing; there is only shame in failing to try" "A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying" "If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it." "Beauty is as beauty does"