Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

I believe in women. I desire . . . to do those things that would advance women in moral and spiritual, as well as educational… — Emmeline B. Wells
It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would be weak at the touch… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records.… — Jesse McCartney
Moral excellence has no regard to classes and professions. — Harriet Martineau
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong… — Jon Corzine
Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to.… — Hideki Tojo
To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art'… — M.C. Escher
In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel. — Roger Scruton
There is a moral and spiritual war for the souls of Americans. And this war must be waged by preaching the Gospel, prayer, and obedience… — David Jeremiah
The Lord intends us to be powerful people-mighty in optimism and hopeful of spirit, powerful in evangelistic zeal, potent in influence, sturdy in moral fiber… — David Jeremiah
A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue. — Azar Nafisi
City of prose and fantasy, of capitalist automation, its streets a triumph of cubism, its moral philosophy that of the dollar. New York impressed me… — Leon Trotsky
Homosexuals now pervade and control American government at every level and branch. Thus, only those churches that support and promote the militant homosexual agenda enjoy… — Fred Phelps
The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct. — Paul Ricoeur
Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet. — Novalis
Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce. — Walter Savage Landor
The civil liberty of every mode of worship, and full power given to all of openly and publicly manifesting their opinions and their ideas conduce… — Pope Pius IX
Gaia's main problems are not industrialization, ozone depletion, overpopulation, or resource depletion. Gaia's main problem is the lack of mutual understanding and mutual agreement in… — Ken Wilber
A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with… — C. Wright Mills
Flies purify the air, and plays - the morals. — Anton Chekhov
Truth is to the moral world what gravitation is to the material. — William M. Evarts
Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well… — Jonah Goldberg
I don't have the slightest interest in gold. I like understanding what works and what doesn't in human systems. To me that's not optional; that's a moral… — Charlie Munger
All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others. — Tacitus
Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness. — William Henry Harrison

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