John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton quotes

John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Ethics is obedience to the unenforceable.”
-- John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton

#Ethics Quotes #Obedience Quotes

“We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.”
“Ethics and religion must not stay at home when we go to work.”
“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.”
“My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics”

Source : Alva Myrdal, Cecilia Åse, Yvonne Hirdman (2002). “"Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982”
“A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.”

Source : Amish Tripathi (2012). “The Immortals of Meluha: The Shiva Trilogy”, p.78, Hachette UK
“A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity.”
“You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.”
“There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.”
“Those who walk in radical obedience have made themselves ready for the storm, and they will overcome.”
“Youâ€™ll come with us,â€ she said. â€œSure,â€ Gavin said. â€œIt wasnâ€™t a request.â€ â€œYes it was,â€ Gavin said. â€œWhen you donâ€™t have power to compel obedience, by definition youâ€™re making a request.”

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