Moral Quotes · Page 24

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

— Sallust

The foundations of the world will be shaky until the moral props are restored.

— Anne O'Hare McCormick

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

— Malcolm Turnbull

There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young." -Hodge

— Cassandra Clare

“Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”

— George Washington

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

— Taylor Momsen

The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.

— Edward Snowden

“cannot associate with one another without creating a moral relationship.”

— Michael Oakeshott

One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.

— C. S. Lewis

The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out…

— Rebecca Goldstein

If you can't be a pencil to write someone's happiness, then try to be a nice eraser to remove their sadness..

— Udigwe Vinsnt

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

— Francis Bacon

I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.

— Billy Graham

Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men.

— Ayn Rand

Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.

— Joan Halifax

Moral of the story: try to get things right, figure out what's going wrong with the scenario, and don't give up.

— Cody Lundin

It is time that the great center of our people, who reject the violence and unreasonableness of both the extreme right and…

— Margaret Chase Smith

There's no theme, no moral to be learned, except for the knowledge that lightning can strike from a clear blue sky one…

— Damon Galgut

Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still…

— Jodi Picoult

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to…

— John Stuart Mill

I think that both Luca [ Guadagnino]and I have a kind of resistance to the idea of a film holding a moral…

— Tilda Swinton

I want our children's children to be free to walk safely down the street, girls to attend school, and women to work.…

— Julie Carmen

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it…

— Lewis H. Lapham

a guardian ad litem... GAL is appointed by a court to be a child's advocate during legal proceedings that involve a minor.…

— Jodi Picoult

The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third…

— Bob Barr

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength,…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The suburban West is, from a moral perspective, depressing evidence that we have misused our freedom. There is, however, another aspect to…

— Robert Adams

There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement…

— D. Todd Christofferson

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause . . . . With equal, nay with greater reason,…

— James Madison

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to…

— James A. Baldwin

I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our…

— Benjamin Rush

I think [Wine] will be, at a minimum, incredibly useful to archeology, like DosBox has been for playing Wing Commander. Certainly it…

— Ryan C. Gordon

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.

— Richard Holloway

I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.

— Mike Candrea

Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals.

— Daniel Webster

The moral sense is a natural faculty in us like the sense of smell or of touch.

— Peter Kropotkin

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

— Thomas Jefferson

The essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm.

— Pablo Picasso

An erection at will is the moral equivalent of a valid credit card.

— Alex Comfort

I needed to address that I've had some profound moral shifts in my own life.

— James Ellroy