Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human… — Anatole France
Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing. — Oscar Wilde
If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for they may be all you… — Robert Louis Stevenson
It has therewith come to be recognized that the history of moral valuations is at the same time the history of an error, the error… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly, and to destroy… — Agnes Repplier
Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice. — Plutarch
Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals. — Oscar Wilde
Since Western society is deteriorating, it has become overrun with immorality, and God is going to judge it, and destroy it. And the only way… — Malcolm X
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of… — James Madison
For the moral attitudes of a people that is supported by religion need always aim at preserving and promoting the sanity and vitality of the… — Albert Einstein
There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness. — Agnes Repplier
Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. The outcome of this debate is important-and so is the way we conduct it. The same moral… — George W. Bush
And one more idea which may be laughed and sneered at in some supposedly sophisticated circles, but I just have to believe that the loving… — Ronald Reagan
Moral contempt is a far greater indignity and insult than any kind of crime. — Friedrich Nietzsche
If you have a nation of men who have risen to that height of moral cultivation that they will not declare war or carry arms,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give any meaning to… — Max Lerner
The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say there… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be… — Elihu Root
Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep… — Ayn Rand
Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical. — John Wooden
My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society,… — Thomas Jefferson
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The great object of Education should be commensurate with the object of life. It should be a moral one; to teach self-trust: to inspire the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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