Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

Let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and fallaciously assert that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
"Family" this and "family" that. If I had a family I'd be furious that moral busybodies are taking the perfectly good word family and using… — John Waters
Kill the Germans, wherever you find them! Every German is our moral enemy. Have no mercy on women, children, or the aged! Kill every German… — Ilya Ehrenburg
The Jew is not satisfied with de-Christianizing, he Judiazizes, he destroys the Catholic or Protestant faith, he provokes indifference but he imposes his idea of… — Bernard Lazare
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than… — Josh Billings
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence. — Francis Chan
It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those… — Ravi Zacharias
Multitudes of people who expect to go to Heaven will go to a Hell of torment. Thousands of "good" people, "moral" people, church members, even… — John R. Rice
We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of… — C.S. Lewis
Men are free to decide their own moral choices, but they are also under the necessity to account to God for those choices. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you are gravelled for… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy… — Vida Goldstein
The progress of mankind is due exclusively to the progress of natural sciences, not to morals, religion or philosophy. — Justus von Liebig
When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object… — Charles Dickens
The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we… — Ronald Reagan
Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two… — Unknown Author
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies… — Jimmy Carter
Just, harmonious, temperate as is the spirit of liberty, there is in the name and mere notion of it a vagueness so opposite to the… — Augustus William Hare
Healing is a moral thing to do. — Jay Inslee
It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to… — Grace Lee Boggs
I think we are trying to run the space age with horse and buggy moral and spiritual equipment. Technology you see has no morals; and… — Billy Graham
A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely… — Lewis H. Lapham
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts… — Edward Dahlberg
Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit or moral dishonesty… — Woodrow Wyatt
[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with God that is… — John Ashcroft

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