Ethics Quotes and Sayings

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein

“No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.” – Herbert Spencer

“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“If people trust and love you, you will never walk alone.” – Philippos Syrigos

“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” – Potter Stewart

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they see in distress.” – Steven Pinker

“Compassion is the basis of morality.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

“Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.” – Leon Blum

“Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.” – Bertrand Russell

“There is an ancient Indian saying: ‘We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.’ If we use this ethic as a moral compass, then our rendezvous with reality can also become a rendezvous with opportunity.” – Pat Schroeder

“Growth itself is the only moral end.” – John Dewey