Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure… — Unknown Author
We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is the source and condition of most moral values. What a… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The proper direction of man's thought is not toward the creation of new laws for government, but toward the acceptance of every person's moral dignity. — Unknown Author
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt not steal, except… — F. A. Harper
The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of… — Steven Biko
An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and… — John By
In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression. — Jean Paul
Just because something happens to be legal does not make it moral, ethical or right. Abortion is perhaps one of the most dramatic examples of… — Al Barry
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral… — Richard Furman
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit… — Bergen Evans
Heaven or Hell? You make it seem as if that's an easy choice to make. Sitting there in heaven watching others burn, and I can't… — Deborah Pryce
[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the… — Joel Barlow
It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from a common source.… — King Hussein I
No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only with your own… — Ayn Rand
A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the… — John W. Gardner
Judgment is guilt wearing a moral mask to disguise its pain. — Deepak Chopra
Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is far more than… — Ezra Taft Benson
What Confucius tells us to focus on first is not how to bring stability to the world, but how to be the best possible version… — Unknown Author
If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building… — Henry Kravis
The main problem with those who deny the existence of God is not intellectual. It is not because of insufficient information, or that God's manifestation… — R C Sproul
To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will-to-life. At the same time the man who has become a… — Albert Schweitzer
[R]eason is... given to us as a practical faculty, that is, as one that influences the will.... — Immanuel Kant
I conceive ethics as a branch of psychology. — Thomas Nagel
equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring on it any… — Thomas Nagel
To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single theory of how… — Thomas Nagel

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