Ethics Quotes

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?

Christ could not create a codified 'Christian ethics'; such a thing would be a contradiction in terms.

I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.

Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.

The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for other men...

What need does the earth have of us?

For though men be ignorant, yet they are men

The three wealthiest people in the world own more than the GDP of forty-eight countries!

But for this book we could not know right from wrong.

The whole interest of my reason, whether speculative or practical, is concentrated in the three following questions: What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope? (Critique of Pure Reason

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?

I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern without any superhuman authority behind it.

Having knowledge of an unethical act and allowing it to continue can spread a contagion that can affect multiple beings in society

I'm not asking you to do your best. I'm asking you to do your job." -Dagny Taggart

One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.

Life in accordance with intellect is best and pleasantest, since this, more than anything else, constitutes humanity.

Happiness seems to depend on leisure, because we work to have leisure, and wage war to live in peace.

Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.

It is impossible to conceive anything at all in the world, or even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will.

Nothing forbids man to enjoy himself, save grim and gloomy superstition

men, in so far as they live in obedience to reason necessarily do only such things as are necessarily good for human nature, and consequently for each individual man.

The true religion is to be posited not in the knowledge or confession of what God allegedly does or has done for our salvation, but in what we must do to become worthy of this.

Peace is a process - a way of solving problems.

those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious

If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.

It is very wrong to kill any one[.]""Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!

A truth that's told with bad intent - beats all the lies you can invent.

An election is a moral horror as bad as a battle except for the blood a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

In statesmanship get formalities right never mind about the moralities.

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong and that 99% of them are wrong.

The flea though he kill none he does all the harm he can.

We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and the other which we practice but seldom preach.

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

You've got to be brave and you've got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discrimination - what's right and what's wrong what's good and what's bad.

This world is white no longer and it will never be white again.

If your morals make you dreary depend on it they are wrong.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.

Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted.

Tweet others the way you want to want to be tweeted.

There's no room for hate and violence in this world. We must learn to be more kind, compassionate, empathetic, and sympathetic to humanity.

Enough of medical ethics. Let Uncle Hippocrates rest in peace. It’s time to send an S.O.S to Uncle Omar Khayyam instead.

Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.

Don't promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person.

Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said.

You are responsible for everything you TWEET and RETWEET.