Ethics Quotes

• Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

  Potter Stewart

  Differences, Knowing, Business Ethics

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• Honest hearts produce honest actions.

  Brigham Young

  Honesty, Heart, Action

  Brigham Young (1858). “Journal of Discourses”

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• Never by hatred is hatred appeased, but it is appeased by kindness. This is an eternal truth.

  Gautama Buddha

  Kindness, Hatred, Words Of Wisdom

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• The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Trust, Team, Successful

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  Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

  Jane Addams

  Expression, Code Of Ethics, Hull House

  Jane Addams (2016). “Democracy and Social Ethics”, p.128, Youcanprint

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• Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Believe, Justice, Rewards

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1976). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume XII: 1835-1862”, p.143, Harvard University Press

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• A civilization has the ethics it can afford

  Larry Niven

  Civilization

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• Honor is better than honors.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Business, Integrity, Honor

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• People ask me a lot about my drive. I think it comes from, like, having a sexual addiction at a really young age. Look at the drive that people have to get sex - to dress like this and get a haircut and be in the club in the freezing cold at 3 A.M., the places they go to pick up a girl. If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic

  Kanye West

  Girl, Sex, Thinking

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• We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of excellence.

  Price Pritchett

  Running, Careers, Organization

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• The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Hurt, Integrity, Evil

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”

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• The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

  George C. Marshall

  War, Acceptance, Winning

  "This is Our World" by Louis Fisher, (p. 91), 1956.

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• The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Smart

  "Refining Your Style : Learning from Respected Communicators" by Dave Stone, (p. 143), 2004.

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• Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.

  Howard Cosell

  Honesty, Integrity, Character

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• Only so much can be borne from men, so much from gods

  Janet Morris

  Patience, Men, Ontology

  Janet Morris (2011). “Tempus with His Right-Side Companion Niko”, p.72, Paradise Publishing

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• Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.

  John C. Maxwell

  Team, Wrestling, Work Ethic

  John C. Maxwell (2003). “The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork Workbook: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team”, p.182, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.

  Matthew Henry

  Integrity, Purses, Firsts

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• Every cause produces more than one effect.

  Herbert Spencer

  Causes, Produce, Effects

  "Progress: Its Law and Cause" (1857)

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• Discontent is the seed of ethics.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Art, Philosophy, History

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• Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Time, One Day

  Dyer, Wayne (2005). “Everyday Wisdom”, p.235, Hay House, Inc

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• The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Loyalty, Peace, Rhyming

  Albert Schweitzer (1966). “The Teaching of Reverence for Life”

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• The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

  Patrick Henry

  Government, Armor, Pillars

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.

  Edward F. Hennessey

  Issues, Organization, Example

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• There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

  Albert Einstein

  Religious, Science, Words Of Wisdom

  Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.28, Open Road Media

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• Peace in the world depends on peace in the hearts of individuals; this depends on each of us practising ethics by disciplining our negative thoughts and emotions, and developing basic spiritual qualities.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Heart, Quality

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