(982 quotes found)
“Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.”
Albert Schweitzer
“IF the parent is a drunkard, a gambler and a cheat, no amount of textbook ethics can cure the sons. I like children and the young innocence. I will not allow them to be blamed. The fault lies wholly on the shoulders of the elders, the parents, and the leaders who shape the norms which they imbibe.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Just being honest is not enough. The essential ingredient is executive integrity.”
Philip Crosby
“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
“Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.”
Horace Mann
“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.”
“The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart”
Confucius
“In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.”
Earl Warren
“Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country”
Elvin Stackman
“Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics -- a rational ethics -- as a precondition of rebirth.”
Ayn Rand
