Quotes about Ethics
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unthankfulness is theft.
— Martin Luther
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
— Cicero
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.
— Cicero
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
— John Henry Jowett
The time is always right to do what is right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
— Bill Hybels
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is always the right time to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
— Aristotle
Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform.
— Christine Caine