Short-term gains yielding long-term regret are illusions.

Care about others' feelings, but think through decisions logically too.

Collective good > individual windfalls, when possible.

Moral courage > comfortable complicity.

Ethics is what you do when no one is watching - and especially when everyone is watching but wrong.

The true test of character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.

Every compromise with integrity plants a seed of future regret.

Ethical decisions are rarely between right and wrong, but between right and right - where values compete.

Your reputation is what others think of you; your character is what you know to be true of yourself.

The most dangerous rationalization is "everyone else is doing it."

Ethics is not about being perfect, but about being accountable for your imperfections.

Small acts of integrity accumulate into a life of character.

The convenience of a lie is always outweighed by the burden of maintaining it.

True ethics begin where the rulebook ends.

We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions - ethical wisdom reverses this.

The ethical path is often the harder one today, but always the easier one tomorrow.

Power reveals character; pressure refines it.

Ethical consistency is the bridge between personal values and social trust.

The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.

Compassion without wisdom is sentiment; wisdom without compassion is calculation.

Ethical dilemmas are the universe's way of asking who you really are.

The right thing is often recognizable by how much it costs you personally.

Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality - it's complicity.

Ethics is the art of extending your circle of concern beyond your circle of convenience.

Principles are not for fair weather - they're tested in storms.

The most expensive shortcut is the one that compromises your integrity.

Ethical wisdom lies in balancing justice with mercy, truth with compassion.

Your legacy is not what you accomplished, but how you accomplished it.

The ethical path often has no signposts except your own conscience.

Character is the sum of all the small choices you thought didn't matter.