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"Ethics" Quotes

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."

― Albert Einstein

"Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."

― Martin Luther King Jr.

"The time is always right to do what is right."

― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."

"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."

"The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell."

"Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage."

"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

"And so it is, that both the devil and the angelic spirits present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice."

― Rumi

"Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress."

― Richard Branson

"In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast."

"All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill."

"Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong."

― Muhammad Ali

"Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion."

― Sigmund Freud

"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine."

― Sigmund Freud

"Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right."

― Theodore Roosevelt

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."

― Theodore Roosevelt