Ethics Quotes - Page 4

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

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Courage, Philosophical

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing . . . Long may our land be bright, With freedom's holy light; Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King.

  Samuel Francis Smith

  Country, Sweet, Kings

  Samuel Francis Smith, B. F. Edmands (1860). “The psalmist, with music: a manual for the service of sacred song in Baptist congregations and choirs”, p.367

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• O beautiful for spacious skies, . . . O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Til all success be nobleness And every gain divine!

  Katharine Lee Bates

  Beautiful, Country, Business

  Katharine Lee Bates (1911). “America the Beautiful: And Other Poems”

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• 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.

  Peter Singer

  Views, Talking, Reciprocity

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• Now I will avow, that I then believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God; and that those principles of liberty are as unalterable as human nature and our terrestrial, mundane system.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Believe, Liberty, Principles

  Thomas Jefferson (1861). “Correspondence”, p.152

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• If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being, the principle of equality requires that its suffering be counted equally with the like suffering - insofar as rough comparisons can be made - of any other being. So the limit of sentience is the only defensible boundary of concern for the interests of others. To mark this boundary by some other characteristic like intelligence or rationality would be to mark it in an arbitrary manner. Why not choose some other characteristic, like skin color?

  Peter Singer

  Animal, Skin Color, Suffering

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• A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

  Doug Larson

  Love, Inspirational, Family

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• Many business leaders are asking fundamental questions about what business they're in, why they are doing it and how it can be used as a means of healing human and natural communities.

  Amory Lovins

  Life, Leadership, Healing

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• Participant (Productions) is the only production company in town that has a double bottom line: social good plus financial returns. It's too early to tell how our returns are going to look - though all signs are promising - but social good is what we're really after.

  Jeffrey Skoll

  Looks, Lines, Return

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• From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

  George J. Mitchell

  Sister, Strong, Brother

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• I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient.

  Horst Kohler

  Christian, Action, Awareness

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• I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

  Vince McMahon

  Work Ethic, Great Work, Great Work Ethic

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• The American work ethic is something to be admired. Our workforce, regardless of position, works hard to produce the best product and serve customers to the best of their ability.

  Leonard Boswell

  Hard Work, Work Ethic, Produce

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• It horrifies me that ethics is only an optional extra at Harvard Business School.

  John Harvey-Jones

  Leadership, School, Hospitality

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• They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career.

  Jami Gertz

  Husband, Careers, Work Ethic

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• There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

  Kathie Lee Gifford

  Daddy, Work Ethic, Way

  Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome (1993). “I Can't Believe I Said That!”, Pocket

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• An improper mind is a perpetual feast.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Mind, Perpetual

  Afterthoughts ch. 1 (1931)

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• Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course.

  Adrian Cadbury

  Decision, Morality, Ethical

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• From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness,-a system in which the two great commandments were to hate your neighbour and to love your neighbour's wife.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Love, Hate, Two

  "Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review". Book by Thomas B. Macaulay, Vol. I, 1843.

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• My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

  Arthur Keith

  Growth, Conviction, Concerned

  Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”

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• Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775”, p.413

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• I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.

  Sigmund Freud

  Thinking, Atheism, Experience

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Volleyball, Winning

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• Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Inspiring

  An Ideal Husband act 2 (1895)

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• I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.

  E. O. Wilson

  Christian, Teaching, Generosity

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