--- title: "26 Moral Power Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 26 Moral Power quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Moral Power sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mahatma-gandhi-23_character_if-by-strength-is-meant-moral-power-then_2011209.jpg" --- > [If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-by-strength-is-meant-moral-power-then-woman-is-immeasurably-man-s/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mahatma-gandhi-23_character_if-by-strength-is-meant-moral-power-then_2011209.jpg) > [Where I cannot be moral, my power is gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/where-i-cannot-be-moral-my-power-is-gone/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_character_where-i-cannot-be-moral-my-power-is-gone_2757170.jpg) > [The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-church-is-not-a-political-power-it-s-not-a-party-but-it-s-a-moral/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/pope-benedict-xvi-414_church_the-church-is-not-a-political-power-it-s_256434.jpg) > [Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/moral-power-is-always-more-dangerous-to-an-oppressor-than-political/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd8/anonymous-1_character_moral-power-is-always-more-dangerous-to_564958.jpg) > [What if we gave fifty percent of our discretionary budget to the world’s poor and then counted on the moral power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/what-if-we-gave-fifty-percent-of-our-discretionary-budget-to-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/anne-lamott-188_action_what-if-we-gave-fifty-percent-of-our-dis_3059227.png) > [Of all your associations, it is your relationship with God, your Heavenly Father, who is the source of your moral power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-todd-christofferson/of-all-your-associations-it-is-your-relationship-with-god-your/) [D. Todd Christofferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-todd-christofferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/d-todd-christofferson-11422_association_of-all-your-associations-it-is-your-rela_2160972.jpg) > [Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/moral-power-is-probably-best-when-it-is-not-used-the-less-you-use-it/) [Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/andrew-young-5409_character_moral-power-is-probably-best-when-it-is_2311556.png) > [We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/we-ask-for-nothing-that-is-not-ours-by-right-and-herein-lies-the/) [Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/paul-robeson-8458_asks_we-ask-for-nothing-that-is-not-ours-by-r_1630436.jpg) > [The state accumulates moral power only through the spiritual activity of their citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-parker-follett/the-state-accumulates-moral-power-only-through-the-spiritual-activity/) [Mary Parker Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-parker-follett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/mary-parker-follett-7967_activity_the-state-accumulates-moral-power-only-t_3110734.jpg) > [Since everything in nature answers to a moral power, if any phenomenon remains brute and dark, it is that the corresponding faculty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/since-everything-in-nature-answers-to-a-moral-power-if-any-phenomenon/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_active_since-everything-in-nature-answers-to-a_174793.jpg) > [Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/hence-in-a-state-of-nature-no-man-had-any-moral-power-to-deprive/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_hence-in-a-state-of-nature-no-man-had-an_2844921.jpg) > [Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-xxiii/authority-is-mainly-a-moral-power-therefore-it-must-first-call-upon/) [Pope John XXIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-xxiii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/pope-john-xxiii-9715_character_authority-is-mainly-a-moral-power-theref_1346825.jpg) > [Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-weston-chapman/let-us-rise-in-the-moral-power-of-womanhood-and-give-utterance-to-the/) [Maria Weston Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-weston-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f0/maria-weston-chapman-48394_character_let-us-rise-in-the-moral-power-of-womanh_108574.jpg) > [Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/atheism-it-seeks-to-replace-in-itself-the-moral-power-of-religion-in/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_appease_atheism-it-seeks-to-replace-in-itself-th_3084447.png) > [“As free persons, citizens recognize one another as having the moral power to have a conception of the good. This means that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rawls/as-free-persons-citizens-recognize-one-another-as-having-the-moral/) [John Rawls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rawls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/john-rawls-7786_character_as-free-persons-citizens-recognize-one-a_3145365.jpg) > [Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-beckett/humankind-has-the-science-and-technology-to-destroy-itself-or-to/) [Margaret Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/margaret-beckett-30571_acting_humankind-has-the-science-and-technology_1159094.jpg) > [The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenkin-lloyd-jones/the-story-of-the-decadence-of-the-cathedral-as-a-moral-power-a/) [Jenkin Lloyd Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenkin-lloyd-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/jenkin-lloyd-jones-29489_cathedral_the-story-of-the-decadence-of-the-cathed_1927046.jpg) > [The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-v-evatt/the-declaration-has-a-moral-power-which-is-of-enormous-weight-and/) [H. V. Evatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-v-evatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/h-v-evatt-241038_compare_the-declaration-has-a-moral-power-which_949622.jpg) > [It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/it-is-not-in-violence-and-crime-that-our-greatest-danger-lies-these/) [Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/calvin-coolidge-764_citizenship_it-is-not-in-violence-and-crime-that-our_486450.jpg) > [Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-foster-dulles/economic-and-military-power-can-be-developed-under-the-spur-of-laws/) [John Foster Dulles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-foster-dulles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/john-foster-dulles-17760_appropriation_economic-and-military-power-can-be-devel_628386.jpg) > [Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-josephson/successful-or-not-acts-of-physical-courage-always-bring-honor-it-is/) [Michael Josephson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-josephson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/michael-josephson-2363_bravery_successful-or-not-acts-of-physical-coura_2933768.jpg) > [There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bennett/there-is-nothing-more-influential-in-a-child-s-life-than-the-moral/) [William Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/william-bennett-13283_adults_there-is-nothing-more-influential-in-a-c_2668061.png) > [“We do not need more intellectual power; we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge; we need more character.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/we-do-not-need-more-intellectual-power-we-need-more-moral-power-we-do/) [Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/calvin-coolidge-764_quote_we-do-not-need-more-intellectual-power-w_1683244.jpg) > [Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity...If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/woman-is-the-companion-of-man-gifted-with-equal-mental-capacity-if-by/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/mahatma-gandhi-23_capacity_woman-is-the-companion-of-man-gifted-wit_1249398.jpg) > [If a state should pass laws forbidding its citizens to become wise and holy, it would be made a byword for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lancaster-spalding/if-a-state-should-pass-laws-forbidding-its-citizens-to-become-wise/) [John Lancaster Spalding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lancaster-spalding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/john-lancaster-spalding-3115_all-time_if-a-state-should-pass-laws-forbidding-i_2358714.png) > [Freedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought. The right to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/freedom-does-not-mean-that-right-to-do-whatever-we-please-but-rather/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/fulton-j-sheen-675_doe_freedom-does-not-mean-that-right-to-do-w_2947242.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-power/#itemlist", "name": "Moral Power Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-by-strength-is-meant-moral-power-then-woman-is-immeasurably-man-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mahatma-gandhi-23_character_if-by-strength-is-meant-moral-power-then_2011209.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mahatma-gandhi-23_character_if-by-strength-is-meant-moral-power-then_2011209.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mahatma-gandhi-23_character_if-by-strength-is-meant-moral-power-then_2011209.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Where I cannot be moral, my power is gone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/where-i-cannot-be-moral-my-power-is-gone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_character_where-i-cannot-be-moral-my-power-is-gone_2757170.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_character_where-i-cannot-be-moral-my-power-is-gone_2757170.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_character_where-i-cannot-be-moral-my-power-is-gone_2757170.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where I cannot be moral, my power is gone.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The church is not a political power; 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