Moral Quotes · Page 69

I don't need to think that I'm being loomed over my shoulder in order to behave in a way that's moral.

— John Amaechi

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and…

— Thomas Paine

I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to…

— Lois Lowry

There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it.

— Victor Hugo

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke and if I go out to a movie I like to watch things that are…

— Judith Durham

...telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button.

— Stefan Kanfer

When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences.

— Park Chan-wook

Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits…

— Tina Brown

The moral is that in trading it's important to examine the situation from as many angles as possible, because your initial impulses…

— Jeff Yass

I would that you were either less beautiful, or less corrupt. Such perfect beauty does not suit such imperfect morals. [Lat., Aut…

— Ovid

“The horse had a fly-net over its head and ears. It looked down on the paving-stones with the empty disappointed expression of…

— Wolfgang Koeppen

If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . .…

— Ayn Rand

The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in…

— Samuel Smiles

None of that is necessary. It's not as if we're in a situation where it is us or them.There's something peculiar about…

— Gary L. Francione

Mr. Market is kind of a drunken psycho. Some days he gets very enthused, some days he gets very depressed. And when…

— Warren Buffett

But no one can blink at the fact that in this land, and in other lands across the world, there is an…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Parallel to the training of the body a struggle against the poisoning of the soul must begin. Our whole public life today…

— Adolf Hitler

When has the world seen a phenomenon like this? a lonely uninstructed youth, coming from amid the moral darkness of Galilee, even…

— Horace Bushnell

My rebellion was telling my dad, "No, you're wrong, you don't know what's best for me. I'm not gonna waste my time…

— Rush Limbaugh

We pass our values, ideas and moral character on to our children, but we do that knowing that our children are going…

— Alison Gopnik

Victor Serge died in exile and obscurity, apparently no more than a splinter of a splinter in the Marxist movement. But with…

— I. F. Stone

The radical left is doing everything they can to destroy the moral fiber of America. They want to do away with the…

— Pat Robertson

I mean the former presidents are going to be there [on Donald Trump inauguration]. The Clintons are going to be there. Jimmy…

— Jason Chaffetz

We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.

— Paul Bloom

There's no moral issue for me. I did the best science I could. I was struggling to survive and didn't have the…

— Howard Moskowitz

How you use the opportunities your given to affect the world around you will determine the legacy you leave behind.

— Tony Dungy

Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able…

— H. L. Mencken

I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to…

— Anonymous

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Writing is a mode of agency in the world that is different from mere employment. There has to be some sort of…

— Aleksandar Hemon

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

— Paul Ricoeur

For thousands of years art was seen as a source of responsible moral and ethical leadership. Today, taking that stance is almost…

— Jack Beal

[Religion is a way of reconstructing] what has come to feel like a crumbling moral framework in the life of our nation.

— Joe Lieberman

I don't regard the real and true and authentic as something to claim as a moral high ground.

— Rachel Kushner

I would define morality as enlightened self-interest...That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are.

— Andrew Young

Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a…

— Margaret Sanger

We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so…

— Timothy Keller

Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand.

— Mahatma Gandhi