The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The reason most of us go to the movies is to be involved in someone else's moral dilemma. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
I have always written about subjects that engage me - questions I can't answer myself. They apparently tend to be big moral… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If the reader looks, I think he will find plenty of moral and political ideas in my stories. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
In Hollywood Westerns even in the Thirties and Forties, history was mythologized to accommodate some kind of moral code. And what really… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Empirical debunking cannot reach the deepest fear of the reactionary mind, which is that the state - that devouring leviathan - will… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
When I tried to get a little 'too close' to my girlfriend, Mildred. She told me she would rather get introduced to… — Jeromy Shingongo Copy Share Image
The way you speak of the characters in your story shows what you think of the values of conservatives‚ or evolution, for… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
If there is no absolute beyond man's ideas, then there is no final appeal to judge between individuals and groups whose moral… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Executing a murderer is the only way to adequately express our horror at the taking of an innocent life. Nothing else suffices.… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
If we truly believe in our public schools, then we have a moral responsibility to do better - to break the either-or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked… — Maximilian Schell Copy Share Image
From study of known normal brains we have learned that there is a certain range of variation. No two brains are exactly… — Edward Anthony Spitzka Copy Share Image
I look at the most promising putative moral theories. I construct crucial thought experiments in areas where they give conflicting advice. I… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
“It is not too much to say that whoever wishes to become a truly moral human being ... must first divorce himself… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
Ultimately, one of the best ways to take care of our souls is to build a society that supports rather than undermines… — Michael Lerner Copy Share Image
One of the great challenges you will face is that a part of the world, and some in it, do not have… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
Animal experimentation is the blackest of all the black crimes that a man is at present committing... We should be able to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
At the root of everything that we’re trying to accomplish is the belief that America has a mission. We are a nation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Science is fundamentally a moral enterprise, following the moral imperative to seek the truth. — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
“There was a certain, subterranean moral code in play, but surely, I could think of a way around that old thing.” — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
Is it any more moral to dilute the value of the purchasing power of the money you hold in your wallet than… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Is there a point at which we hit a tipping point and all of this economic, cultural and moral trouble sends us… — Joel C. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts. — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“The moral of the story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it...some stories just… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image