Quotes about Ethics
Dostoyevsky said, "All things are permitted." But man cannot live this way. So he makes a leap of faith and affirms values anyway. And when he does so, he reveals the inadequacy of a world without God.
— William Lane Craig
A legacy of true value is a legacy made of more than money. It's a legacy conceived in wisdom, nurtured by principle, and sustained by character.
— David Green
I overhear the Manyuema telling each other that I am the "good one." I have no slaves, and I owe this character to the propagation of a good name by the slaves of Zanzibar, who are anything but good themselves.
— David Livingstone
Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.
— Pope John Paul II
But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.
— John Knox
People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character
— Rick Warren
The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works, but rather who God is.
— Stanley Hauerwas
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality).
— William Wilberforce
What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?'
— CS Lewis
If you care about the slaughter of the innocent, then for God's sake, speak up.
— RC Sproul
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
— Mahatma Gandhi
All moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God.
— Charles Hodge