Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to… — Lois Lowry
There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to… — Barbara Park
I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to… — Joseph Pulitzer
I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and… — Joseph Pulitzer
Thanks to our cinctures and corsets we have succeeded in making an artificial being out of woman. She is an anomaly, and Nature herself, obedient… — Paul Gauguin
The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence. — Odilon Redon
I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy. — Mick Jagger
I have prayed for new men, fiery, reckless men, possessed of uncontrollably youthful passion-these lit by the Spirit of God. I have prayed for new… — Jim Elliot
The notion that the careless sinner is the smart fellow and the serious-minded Christian, though well-intentioned, is a stupid dolt altogether out of touch with… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
What does this word holiness really mean? Is it a negative kind of piety from which so many people have shied away? No, of course… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents. — Andrew Jackson
If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should do is quit… — P.J. O'Rourke
No matter how brilliant a man may be, he will never engender confidence in his subordinates and associates if he lacks simple honesty and moral… — J. Lawton Collins
Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a… — Christian Lous Lange
Fascist education is moral, physical, social, and military: it aims to create a complete and harmoniously developed human, a fascist one according to our views. — Benito Mussolini
There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral. — Benito Mussolini
I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those… — Benjamin Franklin
There is very little moral mixture in the 'Antislavery' feeling of this country. A great deal is abstract philanthropy; part is hatred of slaveholders; a… — George William Curtis
If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must be an enriching,… — Frederick Hart
The South was at the point where the scale was tipping against slavery. It was slowly dawning on the plantation owners that slave labor was… — John Coleman
The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the issue of slavery was added… — G. Edward Griffin
We cannot confront solitude without moral resources. — Honore de Balzac
We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
Forgiveness is the highest and most difficult of all moral lessons. — Joseph Jacobs
When the panting and thirsting soul first drinks the delicious waters of truth, when the moral and intellectual tastes and desires first seize the fragrant… — Horace Mann

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