Quotes of Morality and Ethics: Reflect Your Better Life Values!!

Moral values guide an individual to differentiate between right and wrong. Religion, culture, community, family, and laws provide a basis to form one's moral values.

However, a person's understanding of righteousness and virtues also play a critical role in defining his/her morality. You can read our famous yet thought-provoking moral quotes to better understand the concept of morality.

Read our insightful collection of quotes on moral values to strengthen your belief in morality

"Winning is nice if you don't lose your integrity in the process." - Arnold Horshack, Character on "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975 - 1979) TV series

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), American Poet and Essayist

"Ethical living is the indispensable condition of all that is most worthwhile in the world." - Ernest Caldecott, American Professor of Physiology

"Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

"Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching." - Author Unknown

"A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him." - Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965), German-French Philosopher and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

"Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to do what is right." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - 2008), Russian Novelist and Historian, Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Physicist and Nobel Laureate

"A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality." - John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), 35th President of the United States

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), English Author, Poet, and Literary Critic and Writer

"We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of excellence." - Price Pritchett (1941 - ), American Businessman and Author

"Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course." - Sir George Adrian Cadbury (1929 - ), Chairman of Cadbury and Cadbury Schweppes for 24 years

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity." - W. Clement Stone (1902 - 2002), American Businessman, Philanthropist and Self- Help Book Author