Morality Quotes

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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave… — Aristotle
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but… — Aristotle
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior. — Gary Bauer
In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent. — Gary Bauer
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. — Joseph Addison
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. — Henry Ward Beecher
The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour… — Annie Besant
Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality; it presents to its students the highest moral teachings of all… — Annie Besant
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. — Aneurin Bevan
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. — Ambrose Bierce

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