Quotes about Ethics
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
— Henry David Thoreau
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
— Henry David Thoreau
We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
— Henry David Thoreau
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. - from Live Without Principle
— Henry David Thoreau
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
— Henry David Thoreau
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
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
— Henry Ford
A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
— Henry Ford
Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.
— Henry Ford
Being greedy for money is the surest way not to get it, but when one serves for the sake of service—for the satisfaction of doing that which one believes to be right—then money abundantly takes care of itself.
— Henry Ford
People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it gets politicians. Statesmen are leaders who uphold what is right regardless of the popularity of the position. Statesmen speak out to achieve good for their people, not to win votes. Statesmen promote the general good rather than regional or personal self-interest.
— Henry Blackaby
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
— Henry Ward Beecher