Nothing does more to lubricate the rough spots than a good dose of encouragement. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
It takes moral courage to grieve; it requires religious courage to rejoice. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Very ancient parts of the brain are involved in moral decision making. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
We need a leader who understands the moral case for free enterprise. — Sher Valenzuela Copy Share Image
Our physical unity has gone far ahead of our moral unity. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it's not clear to most voters what Democrats' core moral values are. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
Why should the search for happiness be only or essentially material and mental? Aren't there untold riches too in the moral, the… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It's no use trying to talk philosophy to our politicians. And I'm not a moral or political philosopher. I'm not interested in… — Marjorie Grene Copy Share Image
Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
It was one of those moments—which sometimes occur only at the interval of years—when a man's moral aspect is faithfully revealed to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical condition of healthy life except fresh air. . . . It… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Some labeled Jerry Falwell an American version of the Ayatollah Khomeni. People for the American Way, a group organized to counter the… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or… — H. V. Evatt Copy Share Image
The real world is devoid of narratives, after all. Narratives are just a thing that our brains do with facts in order… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“This book is not of today or of the future. It tells of no place. It serves no cause, party or class.… — Thea von Harbou Copy Share Image
I sometimes am discouraged by what seems to be a sort of conventional disparagement of humankind. I think often people feel that… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Coming into World War II, we were seen as a conquering hero for beleaguered people, we are now seen as invader, an… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
want to get to the substance of the book ["Thank You for Being Late"], but it is so closely connected to this… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps… — Eric Kierans Copy Share Image
A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour;… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I believe that we carry within us a divinely inspired moral imperative to love ... We have within us the ability to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image