--- title: "16 Moral Purpose Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 16 Moral Purpose quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Moral Purpose sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/david-grann-2569_become_there-are-certain-stories-that-remind-yo_2186568.jpg" --- > [There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grann/there-are-certain-stories-that-remind-you-of-the-moral-purpose-that/) [David Grann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/david-grann-2569_become_there-are-certain-stories-that-remind-yo_2186568.jpg) > [Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-purpose-exposing-the-class-of/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/aristotle-78_angel_character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-pu_1861921.png) > [Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/many-writers-lay-very-great-stress-upon-some-definite-moral-purpose/) [Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_aim_many-writers-lay-very-great-stress-upon_1367629.jpg) > [“What makes a man a 'sophist' is not his faculty, but his moral purpose. (1355b 17)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/what-makes-a-man-a-sophist-is-not-his-faculty-but-his-moral-purpose/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/aristotle-78_obama_what-makes-a-man-a-sophist-is-not-his-fa_282128.png) > [“I’ve never actually seen the military used to any higher moral purpose. There is always the bottom line, somewhere, somehow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-goff/i-ve-never-actually-seen-the-military-used-to-any-higher-moral/) [Stan Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-goff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/stan-goff-22650_bottom-line_i-ve-never-actually-seen-the-military-us_1104290.png) > [To make our moral purpose efficient and useful, our minds must be as wide-awake and penetrating as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senora-roy/to-make-our-moral-purpose-efficient-and-useful-our-minds-must-be-as/) [Senora Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senora-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/senora-roy-422_efficiency_to-make-our-moral-purpose-efficient-and_2323129.jpg) > [Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/of-moral-purpose-i-see-no-trace-in-nature-that-is-an-article-of/) [Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/thomas-huxley-1183_credit_of-moral-purpose-i-see-no-trace-in-natur_3215016.png) > [Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/achievement-of-your-happiness-is-the-only-moral-purpose-of-your-life/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/ayn-rand-59_happiness_achievement-of-your-happiness-is-the-onl_1151640.jpg) > [“By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man–every man–is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/by-the-grace-of-reality-and-the-nature-of-life-man-every-man-is-an/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/ayn-rand-59_every-man_by-the-grace-of-reality-and-the-nature-o_1769538.jpg) > [“What we have before us then, is three distinct purposes for a university: the commercial purpose (starting a career), Stephen Pinker’s cognitive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/what-we-have-before-us-then-is-three-distinct-purposes-for-a/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/david-brooks-644_acculturation_what-we-have-before-us-then-is-three-dis_1561506.png) > [Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/man-every-man-is-an-end-in-himself-not-a-means-to-the-ends-of-others/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/ayn-rand-59_achievement_man-every-man-is-an-end-in-himself-not-a_1442645.jpg) > [The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-only-proper-moral-purpose-of-a-government-is-to-protect-man-s/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/ayn-rand-59_government_the-only-proper-moral-purpose-of-a-gover_1527947.jpg) > [“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good demands that the government compel people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-w-southwick/when-the-highest-virtues-of-mankind-cannot-be-accomplished-fully/) [S.W. Southwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-w-southwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/s-w-southwick-38115_character_when-the-highest-virtues-of-mankind-cann_2493656.jpg) > [“The Objectivist ethics, in essence, hold that man exists for his own sake, that the pursuit of his own happiness is his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-objectivist-ethics-in-essence-hold-that-man-exists-for-his-own/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/ayn-rand-59_philosophy_the-objectivist-ethics-in-essence-hold-t_2443905.jpg) > [Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-worster/environmental-history-was-born-out-of-a-moral-purpose-with-strong/) [Donald Worster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-worster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/donald-worster-50170_affected_environmental-history-was-born-out-of-a_215124.jpg) > [ “\[L\]ike it or not, the right timing is an inescapable part of human endeavor and thus of politics. . . . But… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarke-d-forsythe/l-ike-it-or-not-the-right-timing-is-an-inescapable-part-of-human/) [Clarke D. Forsythe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarke-d-forsythe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/clarke-d-forsythe-228614_politics_l-ike-it-or-not-the-right-timing-is-an-i_300251.jpg) ## Top authors on Moral Purpose - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-purpose/ayn-rand/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-purpose/#itemlist", "name": "Moral Purpose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Grann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grann/there-are-certain-stories-that-remind-you-of-the-moral-purpose-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/david-grann-2569_become_there-are-certain-stories-that-remind-yo_2186568.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/david-grann-2569_become_there-are-certain-stories-that-remind-yo_2186568.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/david-grann-2569_become_there-are-certain-stories-that-remind-yo_2186568.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.” — David Grann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristotle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-purpose-exposing-the-class-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/aristotle-78_angel_character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-pu_1861921.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/aristotle-78_angel_character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-pu_1861921.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/aristotle-78_angel_character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-pu_1861921.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.” — Aristotle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nathaniel Hawthorne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/many-writers-lay-very-great-stress-upon-some-definite-moral-purpose/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_aim_many-writers-lay-very-great-stress-upon_1367629.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_aim_many-writers-lay-very-great-stress-upon_1367629.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_aim_many-writers-lay-very-great-stress-upon_1367629.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What makes a man a 'sophist' is not his faculty, but his moral purpose. 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That is, after all, the only moral purpose of a government.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "S.W. Southwick" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-w-southwick/when-the-highest-virtues-of-mankind-cannot-be-accomplished-fully/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/s-w-southwick-38115_character_when-the-highest-virtues-of-mankind-cann_2493656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/s-w-southwick-38115_character_when-the-highest-virtues-of-mankind-cann_2493656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/s-w-southwick-38115_character_when-the-highest-virtues-of-mankind-cann_2493656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good…” — S.W. 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