Groundhog Day Morality and Ethics Quotes

As the film enters its later stages, Phil takes a special interest in an old homeless man who always dies at the end of Groundhog Day. Phil learns a lot about compassion by trying to take care of this man.

Phil Connors has saved the same kid falling fro a tree dozens (maybe hundreds) of times. But the kid has never once thanked him. Phil keeps saving him anyway though because he's learned that moral behavior is something you should do for its own sake.

Phil almost goes over the top with kindness when he starts running around Punxsutawney and trying to do as much good in a single day as he possibly can. But this is exactly the kind of mindset that helps him escape Groundhog Day.