Supererogatory Ethics Quotes & Sayings

If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Courage... is fear holding on just a bit longer. — Kathryn Lasky

Ever met a sympathetic doctor? No ways. They're always impatient, glancing at the watch, calculating the price of your sickness against the price of another pair of shoes for the bitch wife with the reluctant cunt. — Ian Martin

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic. — Hosea Ballou

I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that could happen. — Daniel Handler

That which endures is not one or another association of living forms, but the process of which the cosmos is the product, and of which these are among the transitory expressions. — Thomas Huxley

Isaiah rolled his eyes. Good God. What a noble lot. You're all Spartacus, aren't you? — Richelle Mead

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. — John Foster Dulles

I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody. — Bob Saget

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring. — Dodie Smith

The defensive (or passive) investor will place chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be freedom from effort, annoyance, and the need for making frequent decisions. — Benjamin Graham

Tottenham ice their sublime cake with the ridiculous. — Peter Drury