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“In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives about us, the value for good and evil, of the aims men have pursued and the means they have adopted. It is good, from time to time, to view the present as already past, and to examine what elements it contains that will add to the world's store of permanent possessions, that will live and give life when we and all our generation have perished.”

Source: Contemplation and Action, 1902-14

“The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.”

Want Firsts Kind Mean Persons Purpose Principles Ethics Bigger Intention Strive Objectives Aspiration Ethical

Author:Stephen Covey

“Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.”

Ifs Mean Virtue Achieve Integrity Ethics Vices Avoidance

Author:Robert Staughton Lynd

“Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.”

People Mean Respect Ethics Self Respect

Book:The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches

Source: The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches

“Christoph Waltz is stunning, an insanely nice guy. He is not only a ridiculously good actor, he’s also funny, helpful & a good colleague. I like his work ethic. I mean, the guy has won an Oscar and despite that he is receptive, open-minded & not the least bit snooty. Reese Witherspoon is the same. It may be the nicest cast that I have worked with yet.”

May Mean Guy Actors Bits Nice Ethics Casts Despite Helpful Oscars Colleagues Work Ethic Open Minded Stunning Good Actors Receptive Nice Guy Waltz

Author:Robert Pattinson

“I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My ancestors once owned slaves, and it is in my lineage to work closely with the black community. However, just because they were freed over a century ago doesn’t mean they can now be freeloaders. They need to be told to work hard, and the incentives just aren’t there for them anymore. When I’m president I plan to work closely with the black community to bring a sense of pride and work ethic back into view for them.”

“If we can look upon our work not for self-benefit,but as a means to benefit society,we will be practicing appreciation and patience in our daily lives.”

Ifs Looks Mean Self Discipline Benefits Ethics Appreciation Look Up Daily Life Self Discipline

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Many business leaders are asking fundamental questions about what business they're in, why they are doing it and how it can be used as a means of healing human and natural communities.”

Life Humans Mean Used Community Natural Leadership Healing Leader Ethics Asking Fundamentals Business Leaders Business Ethics

Author:Amory Lovins

“The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means.”

Mean War Ends Ethics Thirds Justify Rules For Radicals

Book:Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

Source: Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

“Speech is not a means in the service of an external end. It contains its own rule of usage, ethics, and view of the world, as a gesture sometimes bears the whole truth about a man.”

Men World Mean Ends Sometimes Whole Views Bears Speech Ethics Gestures Usage Whole Truth

Book:Signs

Source: Signs

“The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and melts away between one’s fingers.”

Mean Ends Political Principles Ethics Remains Fingers Justify Vague Chatter Ends Justify The Means

Book:Darkness at noon

Source: Darkness at noon

“My doctrine means that I must identify myself with life, with everything that lives, that I must share the majesty of life in the presence of God. The sum-total of this life is God. .. Man is not at peace with himself until he has become like unto God. The endeavor to reach this state is the supreme, the only ambition worth having. And this is self-realisation. This self-realisation is the subject of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures... to be a real devotee is to realise oneself. Self-realisation is not something apart.”

“In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life, concerning the bounds of duty, the questions cannot, by any means, be decided with greater certainty, than by ascertaining, on any side, the true interests of mankind. If any false opinion, embraced from appearances, has been found to prevail; as soon as farther experience and sounder reasoning have given us juster notions of human affairs, we retract our first sentiment, and adjust anew the boundaries of moral good and evil.”

Source: Moral and Political Philosophy

“Keep integrity and your work ethics intact. So what if that means working a little harder; an honorable character is your best calling card, and that's something anyone can have!”

Ifs Mean Littles Character Integrity Calling Ethics Harder Cards What If Honorable Work Ethic

Author:Kathy Ireland

“If I am a pure product of genetic, cultural, or class determination, I have no responsibility for my action in the world and, therefore, it is not possible for me to speak of ethics. Of course, this assumption of responsibility does not mean that we are not conditioned genetically, culturally, and socially. It means that we know ourselves to be conditioned but not determined.”

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Book:Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

Source: Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

“One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.”

Mean Ends Interest Issues Ethics Concern Vary Rules For Radicals Personal Interest

Author:Saul Alinsky

“A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.”

Mean Process Moral Possibility Ethics Property Historical Transforming New Possibilities

Author:Ai Weiwei

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