There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.
I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job.
It is fair to say the New Testament is the most ethically sophisticated of the great scriptures; the proper comparison for the Qur'an is with the Old Testament - against which it holds its own.
We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.
In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.
I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
Our beliefs affect our behavior towards others. And that makes our beliefs, not just a personal question, but an ethical one.
The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.
I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion.
Investments are a real partnership, with an expected return; donations are a gesture made as a result of ethical, religious, or political passions.
I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.
I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
I'm proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad.
Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.
Johnny Caspar: You double-cross once - where's it all end? An interesting ethical question.
John Ballantine: Now, this honeymoon is complicated enough without your dragging medical ethics into it.
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve success.
The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.
