Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed because it leads… — Elizabeth S. Anderson
His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as… — William Montgomery Watt
For He is in the midst of us day and night [in the Blessed Sacrament]; He dwells in us with the fullness of grace and… — Pope Paul VI
We have found that morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea voyages; nor, like… — Unknown Author
As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that… — Edgar Allan Poe
Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as the… — Achille Mbembe
In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a… — Karl Popper
The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant, but rather that… — John A. Lejeune
The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success. — Sun Tzu
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice must… — Pope John Paul II
On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. — Oscar Wilde
A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation... — Robert Green Ingersoll
Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge has a moral imperative to enhance intellectual and spiritual unity. — Ruth Nanda Anshen
Today every city, town, or village is affected by it. We have entered the Neon Civilization and become a plastic world.. It goes deeper than… — Raymond Loewy
.. every step of the upward way is strewn with wreckage of body, mind, and morals. — G. Stanley Hall
Through our scientific and technological genius we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment we must make of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts. — Bergen Evans
Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel. — H. L. Mencken
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the power and duty… — Lysander Spooner
Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design. — George W. Bush
Surrender to sensuality paralyzes the powers of the moral person. — Josef Pieper
The more a nation gets into darkness, the more it's going to hate the light. The more it's going to run from the light. And… — Ray Comfort
... what we should be looking for is fresh ideas of how we make moral decisions about our dealings with one another, economic, social, cultural.… — Davis McCaughey
For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and… — Patrick Dodson
Great literature is like moral leadership; everyone deplores the lack of it, but there is a tendency to prefer it from the safely dead. — Shirley Hazzard

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