Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

If there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong. By absolute we mean… — Francis Schaeffer
No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had… — Francis Schaeffer
A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance… — Ravi Zacharias
When you say there's too much evil in this world you assume there's good. When you assume there's good, you assume there's such a thing… — Ravi Zacharias
The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people… — George Pataki
There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of… — George Pataki
We do not need more material development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more moral power. We… — Calvin Coolidge
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro… — Alexander H. Stephens
I think empathy is a guy who punches you in the face at a bus station, and you’re somehow able to look at that him… — John Jeremiah Sullivan
One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral… — Antoine Lavoisier
Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90… — Alvin Plantinga
Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the… — James Connolly
Real morality is not the product of fearing a spanking. But what does fundamentalist hell-belief encourage? It retards any developing moral judgment by freezing moral… — Robert M. Price
Injection of environmental and political perspectives in midstream of the science discussion cannot help the process of inquiry. I believe that persons with relevant scientific… — James Hansen
The compass of compassion asks not what is good for me? but what is good? Not what is best for me but what is best.… — Carl Safina
Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born… — Norman Borlaug
Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. — Norman Borlaug
When you consider that God could have commanded anything he wanted--anything!--the Ten [Commandments] have got to rank as one of the great missed moral opportunities… — Katha Pollitt
I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism, and work slowly… — Thomas Merton
I could not possibly improve on the sentiment, but I don't think it ought to depend on the current austerities. Isn't Christmas a moral and… — Christopher Hitchens
A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome's decline lay in her people,… — Will Durant
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from… — Frederic Bastiat
Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas verbally and in writing, and to form ethical and moral judgments… — Peter Cheeke
People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is… — Bill Hybels
It is those moral and spiritual qualities which rise alone in free men, which will fulfill the meaning of the word American. And with them… — Herbert Hoover

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