What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike. By Alfred North Whitehead Ethics, Majority, Morality
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Character, Ethics, Karma, Thoughtful, Wise
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. By Abraham Lincoln Character, Ethics, Power
To make ethical choices you cannot have dilemmas betweeen the particular (friends, family) and the general. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Ethics, Friendship, Life, Wise
People who are not morally independent tend to fit ethics to their profession, rather than find a profession that fits their ethics. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Ethics, Life, Morality, Profession
This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man. By William Shakespeare Authentic, Ethics, Morality, Truth
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. By William Penn Ethics, Morality, Truth
The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg or his arm. By Thomas Jefferson Ethics, Morality
No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expedience. By Theodore Roosevelt Ethics, Morality
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. By Sophocles Ethics, Failure, Honor, Morality
I shall never act differently, even if I have to die for it many times. By Socrates Action, Death, Ethics, Morality
