Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave… — Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance… — Aristotle
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but… — Aristotle
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson
It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. — Francis Bacon
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. — Robert Baden-Powell
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather… — Russell Baker
When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This… — Albert Bandura
So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone. — John Perry Barlow
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is… — Samuel Adams
If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force. — Charles Baudelaire
Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior. — Gary Bauer
For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival.… — Gary Bauer
America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but… — Gary Bauer
You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse… — Glenn Beck
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging… — Pope Benedict XVI
Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil,… — Pope Benedict XVI
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics. — Pope Benedict XVI

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