Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

Life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical condition of healthy life except fresh air. . . . It is a guzzling,… — George Bernard Shaw
If I had my life to live over again I would not devote it to develop new industrial processes: I would try to add my… — Leo Baekeland
All women should inform themselves of the condition of their sex and of their own position. It must necessarily follow that the noblest of them… — Harriet Martineau
For the white man to ask the black man if he hates him is just like the rapist asking the raped, or the wolf asking… — Malcolm X
This case is not about whether marriages between same-sex couples are consistent or inconsistent with the teachings of a particular religion, whether such marriages are… — Unknown Author
The real danger of the gay movement is its necessary goal of the elimination of this moral system in order to achieve this [sexual freedom] — Scott Lively
A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand… — Michelangelo Signorile
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is… — Mahatma Gandhi
I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our business is to… — Benjamin Rush
A bit ridiculous, but true. The moral of this story is to separate men and women when analyzing number of sexual organs. — Des MacHale
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious commitment. It is… — Joan D. Chittister
Parallel to the training of the body a struggle against the poisoning of the soul must begin. Our whole public life today is like a… — Adolf Hitler
It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former… — Emma Goldman
There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see… — William Bennett
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European… — Anthony Burgess
To reverence the impersonal creation instead of the personal God who created us is a perversion designed for escaping moral accountability to the Creator. God… — Dave Hunt
Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called… — Henry Clarence Thiessen
Honor is the moral conscience of the great. — William Davenant
Golf is a game not just of manners but of morals. — Art Spander
I consider the domestic virtue of the Americans as the principle source of all their other qualities. It acts as a promoter of industry, as… — Francis Grund
Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God? — Plato
Pro-choice and pro-life activists live in different worlds, and the scope of their lives, as both adults and children, fortifies them in their belief that… — Unknown Author
The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or… — Plato
Any first-order, substantive normative theory worth its salt will require attention to the mental states of agents in a variety of quite complex ways. But… — Unknown Author
The natural world is a gift that we have the obligation to treasure and use carefully. It is our moral responsibility to protect it from… — Unknown Author

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