Category Morality

Here are some quotes related to morality along with the authors’ names:

“Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.”Henry David Thoreau
“Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”Immanuel Kant
“Honor is simply the morality of superior men.”H. L. Mencken
“Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.”Ayn Rand
“Fear is the mother of morality.”Friedrich Nietzsche
“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.”Socrates
“A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality.”John F. Kennedy
“Compassion is the basis of morality.”Arthur Schopenhauer
“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.”Albert Einstein
“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.”Henry David Thoreau
“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”Ayn Rand
“Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.”Thomas Hardy
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”Chief Seattle
“Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one’s age.”Oscar Wilde
“A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.”Albert Einstein
“Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.”Sigmund Freud
“Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.”Andrew Young
“Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.”Friedrich Nietzsche
“We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.”Bertrand Russell
“The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, ‘I was wrong’.”Sydney J. Harris
“The unity and congruity of culture and nature, work and love, morality and sexuality, longed for from time immemorial, will remain a dream as long as man continues to condemn the biological demand for natural sexual gratification.”Wilhelm Reich
“Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.”Alexis de Tocqueville
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”Oscar Wilde
“Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.”Mahatma Gandhi
“Morality is the weakness of the brain.”Arthur Rimbaud

Category Ethics

Here are some quotes related to ethics along with the authors’ names:

“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” – Potter Stewart

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.” – Brigham Young

“Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.” – Jane Addams

“Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A civilization has the ethics it can afford.” – Larry Niven

“Honor is better than honors.” – Abraham Lincoln

“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

“The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.” – Zig Ziglar

“Stand for something. Don’t quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.” – Howard Cosell

“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

“Discontent is the seed of ethics.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.” – D. H. Lawrence

“In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.” – Immanuel Kant

“Great people have great values and great ethics.” – Jeffrey Gitomer

“Any tool can be used for good or bad. It’s really the ethics of the artist using it.” – John Knoll

“You don’t teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example.” – Judy Sheindlin

“People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.” – Wayne Dyer

“In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.” – Earl Warren

“The relations between rhetoric and ethics are disturbing: the ease with which language can be twisted is worrisome, and the fact that our minds accept these perverse games so docilely is no less cause for concern.” – Octavio Paz

“History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.” – B. R. Ambedkar

“The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation’s in trouble.” – Dave Brat

“Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it’s integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards.” – Kerry Stokes

“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.” – Albert Schweitzer

“Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organization not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.” – Robin S. Sharma

“More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability, environmental responsibility, ethics, and compliance.” – Simon Mainwaring

“Medical ethics is a fascinating discipline, as it deals with issues replete with complex philosophical, moral, and ethical considerations that are rarely black or white.” – Gad Saad

“I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.” – Sharad Pawar

“Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.” – Bill Moyers