Quotes about Ethics
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.
— Mark Twain
When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.
— Craig Groeschel
Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.
— Randy Alcorn
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
— Jimmy Carter
When morality comes up against profit, it's seldom profit that loses.
— Shirley Chisholm
Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.
— Pope John Paul II
In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love.
— Graham Greene
The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.
— John Calvin
When you are asked to love everybody indiscriminately, that is to love people without any standard, to love them regardless of whether they have any value or virtue, you are asked to love nobody.
— Ayn Rand
Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.
— Henry Ward Beecher
You don't love causes. You don't love everybody indiscriminately. You love only those who deserve it.
— Ayn Rand
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
— Confucius