Good Moral Quotes

28 quotes by 24 authors

• We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. — Thomas Jefferson
• [priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals. — David Hume
• Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered... — Thomas Merton
• He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please… — John Selden
• Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness. — Samuel Adams
• Mankind has many things that it never knew before. What I can tell you is that human moral values are no longer good. — Li Hongzhi
• Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. These… — Gouverneur Morris
• I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those… — Alan Dershowitz
• All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society. — Joseph Lancaster
• Good moral character is the first essential in a man. — George Washington
• The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order,… — Gouverneur Morris
• A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous. — George Washington
• Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and… — Aristotle
• The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect - it is too exciting. — Plato
• Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether… — Luc de Clapiers
• The whole speculation about morality is an effort to find a way of living which men who live it will instinctively feel is good. — Walter Lippmann
• Good morals lead to good laws. — Chuck Norris
• To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition. — Jawaharlal Nehru

Who Wrote These Good Moral Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 28 Good Moral Quotes as follows:

• 3 Good Moral Quotes by George Washington
• 3 Good Moral Quotes by Gouverneur Morris
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Thomas Merton
• 1 Good Moral Quote by John Selden
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Aristotle
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Plato
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Jawaharlal Nehru
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Penn Jillette
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Norman McLaren
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Guy Pearce
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Paul Bloom
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Shandi Finnessey
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Arsenio V Manalo Jr
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Thomas Jefferson
• 1 Good Moral Quote by David Hume
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Samuel Adams
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Li Hongzhi
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Alan Dershowitz
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Joseph Lancaster
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Luc de Clapiers
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Walter Lippmann
• 1 Good Moral Quote by Chuck Norris