“My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.” ThinkingHardWould BeGuyParentHoursDadEthicsMy DadRidiculousWork EthicThat Guy Author:Bill Burr
“We really don't rest if we think our kids are drifting, or if we think they don't have the right work ethic. It drives us crazy. Because we ultimately want them to succeed and, until they do, we feel in some way that something is not complete.” IfsThinkingWayWantFeelsKidsCrazySucceedEthicsWork EthicDrifting Author:Kevin Costner
“First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think you're a lot smarter than you are.' But he had tremendous values, tremendous integrity, humility, work ethic and terrific thirst for knowledge.” ThinkingFirstsValuesFatherDealsHumilitySonIntegrityEthicsLoserSmarterThirstCeoWork EthicTerrificThirst For Knowledge Author:Charles Koch
“I think leadership is more than being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.” ThinkingCharacterAbleIntegrityEthicsCrossesWork EthicDotsIntegrity And Character Author:Steve Largent
“We can speak of politics, ethics, and in this way, speak about the world. But at the same time, it's always in a way that is totally nebulous and abstracted, this way of thinking about reality. And that's why I write the way I do - it's an almost immortal way to show dependence on the biological, the political, the moral parts of us. I say immortal because we now have to find new formats, new eloquences, and resolve within ourselves this "constructed" life, a life that is incomplete, imperfect.” ThinkingWorldWayWritingShowsRealityPoliticalSpeakMoralEthicsImmortalResolveImperfectDependenceWay Of ThinkingEloquenceIncompleteFormat Author:Sergio Chejfec
“As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.” ThinkingWritingImportantFictionEthicsGenreFirmNonfiction Author:Kathleen Rooney
“Work ethic and this determination is all part of escaping the depressive side. Of course I'm manic depressive, maybe not to the degree that Exley was, but I think all writers are. There are highs and lows. Look at David Foster Wallace.” ThinkingLooksCoursesSidesDegreesLowsEthicsDeterminationWork EthicEscapingManicHighs And LowsDepressive Author:T.C. Boyle
“They [teachers] beat it right out of me. Or they beat it into me and educated it out of me. I don't know; that's an interesting question. The Catholic schools required work, so I think that may have been where the work ethic came from, in answer to the question of how my character may have been shaped.” ThinkingKnowsMayHas BeensCharacterSchoolAnswersInterestingTeacherBeatsEthicsCatholicEducatedWork EthicCatholic School Author:William Mapother
“I would say I am very much more interested in ethics than in code/ morality. I think it's in this way that one avoids the conservatism inherent in "the moral".” ThinkingWayMoralMoralityEthicsCodeInherentConservatism Author:Richard Marshall
“A different vision of ethics is that of a collection of resources people can use to act better. The resources might be firm rules that could always be relied on. Or they might be ideals that could often be followed without thinking but that sometimes conflicted with one another.” PeopleThinkingDifferentSometimesUseMightVisionEthicsResourcesIdealsFirmCollectionsOften Is Author:Philip Kitcher
“When it comes to deep and difficult ethical matters - such as the relation of an individual to God, or, I think, an individual caught up in the sublimity of a revolution then things are very different and the Kantian ethic is shown to be limited in its value.” ThinkingDifferentMatterValuesIndividualDifficultRevolutionEthicsRelationCaughtEthicalCaught UpSublimity Author:Alison Assiter
“There are really exercises in a kind of consumerist ethic that I think don't have the same moral weight as medicine or health.” ThinkingKindMoralExerciseEthicsWeightMedicine Author:Michael Sandel
“I've only been acting since 2009 and I learn more and more with each job. I think I prepare and I'm very focused and I have a good work ethic that I learned in school.” ThinkingSchoolJobsActingEthicsFocusedGood WorkWork EthicGood Work Ethic Author:Jenny Slate
“An ethic of maternalism was central to the utopianism of 19th century feminists. I don't think that today's women see motherhood as a source of personal power, let alone political power. I don't think that women now have that same sense that their lives as mothers gives them any special power or virtue. I think women see their lives as mothers as an adjunct to their working lives - a fulfilling and important adjunct, to be sure - but something they do in addition to working in the public realm, not because being a wife and mother gives them a distinct edge in improving the world as we know it.” ThinkingKnowsWorldGivingImportantTodayPoliticalMotherWomenVirtueWifeSpecialCenturySourceEthicsEdgesFeministMotherhoodRealmsFulfillingImproving19th CenturyPolitical PowerPersonal PowerWorking LifeWives And Mothers Author:Clare Wright
“I wanted to understand. I'm not here to support one, but I am here to criticize all, on a principled position. I very much value the position of counter power. I think this is where ethics should be, in front of power as I said in Radical Reform. The power of counter-power is very important.” ThinkingShouldSaidImportantWantedValuesSupportFrontsPositionEthicsRadicalReformCriticizePrincipled Author:Tariq Ramadan
“You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy of the judicial decision-making process to have mudslinging by judges, but the way that we hobble people of enormous integrity from defending themselves is, I think, deeply problematic in states where you have an elected judiciary, or a judge is subject to recall.” PeopleThinkingWayStatesWould BeProcessDecisionSubjectsJudgingIntegrityEthicsOriginalsEnormousDecision MakingRecallsJudicialJudiciaryLegitimacyFramersDecision Making Process Author:Deborah Rhode
“In my view, there was a long period in which analytical philosophy had little to say about ethics. I think their intellectual tools did not do well with it, and analytical philosophy was above all about revolutionizing the philosophical tool box. It was more or less assumed that the Truth about ethics was some form of utilitarianism (perhaps because some consequentialist calculus looked to them like a respectable tool). Kantian ethics was then interpreted as a particularly odious version of the False - "deontology" - and treated with contempt.” ThinkingWellsLittlesLongPhilosophyFormViewsPeriodsIntellectualEthicsToolsPhilosophicalBoxesTreatedVersionsContemptRespectableCalculusUtilitarianismTool Boxes Author:Allen W. Wood
“I think the term "Kantian constructivism" as an oxymoron. Kant was a constructivist about mathematics, but not about ethics.” ThinkingTermEthicsMathematicsOxymoronConstructivism Author:Allen W. Wood
“Kant does not think that the silly commandment "universalize your maxims" is the be-all and end-all of ethics or that it provides us with some sort of general decision procedure that is supposed to tell us what to do under all circumstances.” ThinkingDoeEndsDecisionCircumstancesEthicsSillyCommandmentsMaximsProcedures Author:Allen W. Wood
“Kant has been famous for his rejection of eudaimonism, but I think Kantian ethics has a great deal in common with Aristotle, and some things in common with Stoicism as well. The traditions tend, I believe, to talk past each other when it comes to happiness or eudaimonia.” ThinkingBelieveWellsHas BeensPastI BelieveDealsCommonEthicsTraditionRejectionStoicism Author:Allen W. Wood
“In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.” IfsThinkingMenInspirationalWarLawRightsTrustEthicsAdversityBetrayalGuiltyDeceptionIn-lawsTotal WarMoral EthicsEthics And MoralsCategorical ImperativeCode Of Ethics Author:Immanuel Kant
“We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of the little half-hour comedy changing things is something I think is silly.” ThinkingYearsLittlesHelpingChristianHoursHalfComedyCoupleThousandRacismEthicsNotionSillyThousand YearsEraseHalf HoursHanging AroundChristian Ethics Author:Norman Lear
“Most people don't have any association in their minds with what they do and with ethics. They think they somehow moved past the questions of morality or values or ethics, and that's something that I've never imagined to be true.” PeopleThinkingMindPastValuesMoralityEthicsMovedBeing TrueAssociation Author:Cathy O'Neil
“If Christ would have left Christian ethics codified on the table, then he wouldn't produce moral beings choosing between good and evil, but conformists fulfilling orders. I think the same can be said about the Bible.” IfsThinkingSaidChristianOrderEvilLeftChristMoralProduceEthicsTablesGood And EvilFulfillingConformistChristian Ethics Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“I think Jason Chaffetz was correct to call for an investigation into the Government Ethics Department in the government for the positions that they've taken in this campaign.” ThinkingGovernmentTakenPositionEthicsCampaignsDepartmentInvestigationJason Author:Reince Priebus
“[Donald Trump] has done a financial disclosure, which has gone through the Office of Government Ethics. I think he's done that twice. That is his duty under the law. I hear no complaints about that.” ThinkingDoneGovernmentLawGoneDutyTrumpOfficeEthicsFinancialComplaintsDisclosure Author:Jason Chaffetz
“My question is about the head of the Office of Government Ethics. Is he acting ethically when he sent out nine tweets praising Donald Trump saying that his plan was brilliant. How did he come to that conclusion? And how does come to his current conclusions having never done an investigation and never looked at the paperwork in the point where he can actually come to a reasonable conclusion?I think that's unethical.” ThinkingDoeDoneGovernmentActingPlansTrumpOfficeEthicsPraiseCurrentsBrilliantNineConclusionReasonableInvestigationTweetPaperworkUnethical Author:Jason Chaffetz
“I think that it's the passion for the game that we have and just the work ethic. We try to work as hard as we can every game. Trusting God and help from our parents have gotten us to where we are now.” ThinkingTryingHardHelpingPassionGamesParentEthicsTrust In GodWork Ethic Author:Malcolm Subban
“My mind has an obsessive, neurotic quality, but I also have a very hard work ethic. I know that a lot of people think, oh, you have a wild imagination. I don't, really. If ten people are sitting around and someone says, "Hey complete this sentence in a funny way," I'm never ahead of the pack.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayMindHardImaginationQualityHard WorkTenEthicsSittingSentencesHeyPacksWork EthicNeuroticObsessiveSitting AroundWild Imagination Author:George Saunders
“I would let my fans and people looking from the outside looking in dictate that. But, in my mind I gotta treat myself like I'm the best and gotta strive to be better than what I am. So of course my work ethic and the way I think as a person and an artist I'll feel that way. But on a boasting level, you would never hear that come out my mouth.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsMindPersonsArtistCoursesLevelsFansMouthsEthicsTreatsStriveWork EthicBoastOutside Looking In Author:Lil Herb
“I wish Michael Schumacher would come try NASCAR. That'd be cool. With everything he's done and how professional he's remained through it all, I think he's an awesome role model as far as work ethic and tenacity. He just seems like he knows how to get it done.” ThinkingKnowsTryingDoneSeemsWishRolesKnow HowModelsEthicsRole ModelsWork EthicTenacityBeing CoolGet It DoneNascarSchumacher Author:Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
“I think one of the areas of favor and grace that God has allowed us to see is internally he's just given us a strong sense of work ethic and craftsmanship. We really do work hard to make GOOD quality music.” ThinkingHardStrongGivenQualityGraceHard WorkEthicsAreasFavorsWork EthicGood QualityCraftsmanshipQuality Music Author:LeCrae
“I think the Buddhist ethic is clearer and more systematic in some ways. The Buddhist notion is that our chief problems are greed, hatred and delusion. Well, delusion is not much mentioned in the Christian tradition. In the West, we have underplayed the idea that our moral and spiritual troubles have to do with a lack of clarity or insight because original sin has dominated so much of our thinking. We tend to think that our troubles are caused by insufficient will power.” ThinkingWayWellsIdeasProblemChristianSpiritualSinMoralTroubleEthicsTraditionHatredOriginalsWestNotionGreedInsightClarityChiefsBuddhistDelusionWill PowerSystematicInsufficientOriginal Sin Author:Ninian Smart
“When you're young, you start looking at what you want to do - not just who you want to be, but what you want to do. And I think the tenacity to say, "I'm going to perfect that," is the beginning of a work ethic. It's the beginning of a talent.” ThinkingPerfectTalentEthicsWork EthicTenacity Author:Goldie Hawn
“I think being born in Belarus, coming here with nothing, my parents working every minute - that instilled a huge competitive advantage, a chip on my shoulder, a work ethic. Immigrants win a lot and they win a lot because of a couple core things.” ThinkingWinningParentCoupleEthicsWork Ethic Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“Though we think intrinsic desires tend to be pretty stable, we do not think they imply anything like the amount of predictability in behavior that traditional virtue ethics requires for someone to have a one-word-in-English character trait such as "benevolence". Other things being equal, a person with more of a desire for other people's wellbeing will do more for other people's wellbeing, but things are almost never equal.” ThinkingCharacterDesireVirtueEqualBehaviorEthicsTraitsBenevolenceWellbeingPredictabilityBeing EqualCharacter Trait Author:Nomy Arpaly
“As for the ethics, law, and politics relationship, there has always been a tension for me as I try to keep them distinct while recognizing their interactions. A valuable contribution to my thinking there and elsewhere was Ellen Meiksins Wood's Mind and Politics, which reinforced for me the ways in which seemingly disparate philosophical endeavors were/are interconnected, and although I have tended to give a certain priority to ethical considerations as part of practical reasoning, I am reminded often enough that this position makes some contentious presumptions .” ThinkingGivingTryingMindEnoughEthicsPhilosophicalValuablePrioritiesTensionConsiderationEthicalElsewherePresumption Author:John Kleinig
“I think of myself as being an ethical man, but I don't try to teach ethics. I have no message. I know little about contemporary life. I don't read a newspaper. I dislike politics and politicians. I belong to no party whatever. My private life is a private life. I try to avoid photography and publicity.” ThinkingMenTryingPartyTeachPoliticianPhotographyEthicsEthicalDislike Author:Jorge Luis Borges
“We started the band with a work ethic of 'it's us against the world' and that is something that our fans aligned with, too. Together, we speak a common language. I think that motto has helped us keep the creative force alive all these years while the fans have kept the fire burning for us to always be excited to create new music for them. Without the fans, we are a band without a home.” ThinkingHomeTogetherSpeakLanguageCommonCreativeEthicsExcitedWork EthicMotto Author:David Ellefson
“I think that Google has definitely influenced my moral values and the ethics. I think when Larry Page started the company, they weren't in it for the money. They started it because they really wanted to create something that; one, they wanted, and two, they thought was going to change the world.” ThinkingWorldValuesMoralEthicsChanging The WorldGoogleMoral Values Author:Anne Wojcicki
“I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.” ThinkingChildrenImportantResponsibilityEthicsMannersWork Ethic Author:Andy Garcia
“I do think that there is a very unclear level of conduct in the Trump administration. That's one reason you're seeing this among so many different secretaries. Again, Trump himself has been bending ethics rules left and right.” ThinkingDifferentReasonEthicsSecretary Author:Ezra Klein
“I have a really, really strong work ethic and I learned that from my dad because my dad was a workaholic but he always had even more time for us. As hard as he would work, he always made the time. So it's just about balancing family, I think, and work - and giving everything 100%. And that's what he taught me.” ThinkingGivingStrongDadEthicsMy DadWork EthicWorkaholic Author:Tori Spelling
“Some of my understanding of what philosophy and ethics is has changed very slowly. One thing that has changed is this for quite a long time I bought-into the idea that philosophy is basically about arguments. I'm increasingly of the view that it isn't. The most interesting things in philosophy aren't arguments. The thing that I think is underestimated is what I call a form of attending. I think that philosophy is at least as much about carefully attending to things as it is about the structure of arguments.” ThinkingLongPhilosophyUnderstandingInterestingChangedEthicsArgumentMost InterestingUnderestimated Author:Julian Baggini
“The thing is, for me, as a fiction writer, I don't think there's a finer testament to our lives than this thing that's being spurned - the emotional intelligence, the ethics, the beauty. It's all there. It's all so fully contained in a novel that succeeds. But at the same time, I understand the impulse to put away childish things.” ThinkingNovelEmotionalSucceedEthicsImpulse Author:Joshua Ferris
“It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when we're listening, and how we can refine what we're doing musically. Also how we can create our own music, and what opportunities that can bring us, as creative musicians. And then insisting that musicians put themselves through an intellectually rigorous process, which involves a lot of reading and writing, while insisting that music scholars think about ethics.” ThinkingWritingReadingOpportunityAttentionCreativeListeningMusicianEthicsJazzScholarReading And Writing Author:Vijay Iyer
“I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music, you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.” IfsThinkingMatterYoungActorsActingHavensTerribleFameMusicianEthicsShameBottomCraftsWork EthicGreat WorkTerrible ThingsYoung ActorsGreat Work Ethic Author:Denis Leary
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.” ThinkingInspirationalFeelsFeelingsHumorActionReligionReligiousOne ThingPositivePositive ThinkingIntegrityActivityGoodnessEthicsCharityIntelligenceFeel GoodRight ThingPhilanthropyGood DeedsDoing GoodDoing The Right ThingDoing YouFeels RightTrue ReligionDoingsGood FeelingDoing RightBadnessI Feel GoodGreat FeelingsPositive Thinking SuccessIntegrity And CharacterIntegrity CharacterFeeling BadHonor And IntegrityDeeds DoneInspirational CharacterFeeling GreatGood ValuesReligious HistoryPrinciples And ValuesGood HistoryReligion And Love Author:Abraham Lincoln
“During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.” ThinkingNeedsYearsDoneWholeCharacterIndividualAbilityTechnologyHuman NatureSelf HelpRevolutionEthicsSevenTechnologicalSeven YearsEightySuccessionGood CharacterJudoBest Character Book:Baruch: My own story Source: Baruch: My own story
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” ThinkingGivingHopeCourageIntegrityGiving UpEthicsArmyHopelessGrantsHopelessnessNot Giving Up Author:Chester W. Nimitz