Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting… — Mark Twain
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable — George Bernard Shaw
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. — Albert Bandura
Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as their love of… — Edmund Burke
The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian one, in the sense that moral principles contradict the way… — Susan Sontag
He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards… — Proverb
While the State may respectfully require obedience on many matters, it cannot violate the moral nature of a man, convert him into a serviceable criminal,… — Unknown Author
Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled… — Friedrich August Hayek
A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage. — George Bernard Shaw
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe - the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. — Immanuel Kant
The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us… — Carl Becker
As water, when transmuted into steam, becomes a new, more definite and wide-reaching power, so passion, when transmuted into intellectual and moral force, becomes a… — James Allen
Moral: a peerless maxim enumerated by God in his Holy Bible, such as that of Deut. 23:1, if your testicles are crushed or your male… — Donald Morgan
And doing so you can recreate yourself and you can also come up with something that is not only original and creative and artistic, but… — Lester Bangs
We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a… — Paddy Ashdown
Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in… — Douglas MacArthur
In track, the coaches always tell you to not look back while running, because this action slows you down. Moral of the story; don't look… — Superman
The darkest place in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.. — Kshitij Roshan
You can go with the flow and follow trends when it comes to superficial issues, such as style, but when it comes to moral issues,… — Melchor Lim
If something is inconvenient, even if we believe in it, moral suasion, financial incentives, don't do much to move us but social pressure, that's powerful… — Suman Rai

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