"Never sacrifice what's right for what's convenient."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Ethics, Sacrifice, Right, Convenient, Principles

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"Your moral foundation and character currently depend on what you hear."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Morality exists in the neurons as a natural sensation. Religion only tries to codify it."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Ethics are the things that say, 'Don't stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It's okay because we've shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we've chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I'm having a really hard time getting back up."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"The Lord does not love wicked people with self-interest and involved in inquity."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Every society which allows violence against animals secretly becomes a violent society."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"It is better to have little and be right than to have much and be wrong."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

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"The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out of malicious imputations against any character leaves a stain which no after-refutation can wipe out. To create an unfavourable impression it is not necessary that certain things should be true but that they have been said."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Your moral foundation and character currently depend on what you hear."

"Morality exists in the neurons as a natural sensation. Religion only tries to codify it."

"Ethics are the things that say, 'Don't stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It's okay because we've shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we've chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I'm having a really hard time getting back up."

"People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty."

"The Lord does not love wicked people with self-interest and involved in inquity."

"Every society which allows violence against animals secretly becomes a violent society."

"It is better to have little and be right than to have much and be wrong."

"Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct."

"The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts."

"Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out of malicious imputations against any character leaves a stain which no after-refutation can wipe out. To create an unfavourable impression it is not necessary that certain things should be true but that they have been said."

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"The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened."

"Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens."

"The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure."

"Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier."

"A stone, no matter how small, resists the wind."

"The universe sees your beauty, now see the beauty in others."

"Major breakthroughs often come after major breakdowns."

"Step up your game and success will step up to you."

"Turbulence breaks a tree's branches, but only tickles an eagle's wings."

"It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons."