So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people. — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most significant moral characteristic of a nation is its hypocrisy. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“There’s a difference between achieving success and being a success.” — Frank Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I like for there to be a moral, for the character to have gotten something out of the experience. — Jeremy London Copy Share Image
The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
You're an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I'm an intelligent person with no moral… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone, since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Development is not that you make bridges, buildings or put marble floors in your house. Real development is building moral character of… — Gurpreet Ghuggi Copy Share Image
The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. — John Locke Copy Share Image
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise… — Thomas Lickona Copy Share Image
I think of House as a deeply moral character, though some would no doubt argue with me. He does not judge. Beyond… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
We pass our values, ideas and moral character on to our children, but we do that knowing that our children are going… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“The same is true for the market economy: the power of markets is enormous, but they have no inherent moral character. We… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
So great is the effect of cleanliness upon man, that it extends even to his moral character. Virtue never dwelt long with… — Benjamin Thompson Copy Share Image
Moral Cowardice That Keeps Us From Speaking Our Minds Is As Dangerous As Irresponsible Talk. The Right Way Is Not Always The… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
“Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
“Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“First, the Bible says that an elder must be of irreproachable moral character and capable in the use of Scripture because he… — Alexander Strauch Copy Share Image
The idea that the bumps or depressions on a man's head indicate the presence or absence of certain moral characteristics in his… — Edward Anthony Spitzka Copy Share Image
Some men -- not all men -- see always before them an ideal, a mental picture if you will, of what they… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good . Guarantee… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The fact is that in my prep school, I went to a boarding school, 39 young men graduated from that prep school.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Certain elements of today's ecological crisis reveal its moral character. First among these is the indiscriminate application of advances in science and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I have a lot to say about Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton that has not been said by others recently and that I think… — William Weld Copy Share Image
“Government is nothing more than the combined force of society or the united power of the multitude for the peace, order, safety,… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the… — John Witherspoon Copy Share Image
It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image