Character Quote by David A. Bednar

God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society, by acting…

— Thomas Jefferson

When I study and ponder moral agency and its eternal consequences, I realize that we are truly spirit children of God and therefore should…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“You are God's agents in the care of children He has entrusted to you. Let His divine influence remain in your hears as you…

— Russell M. Nelson

“But our sexual and gender expressions are as integral to who we are as our religious upbringings are.”

— Nadia Bolz-Weber

“But as soon as you step outside of Western secular society, you hear people talking in two additional moral languages. The ethic of community…

— Jonathan Haidt

“...the standard for moral behaviour must be part of God's nature. He did not create morality, he is morality.”

— Lewis N. Roe

“The difficult task of learning how to make moral choices, how to accept personal responsibility, how to deal with the chaos of human life…

— Chris Hedges

“Our nominal morality has been formulated by priests and mentally enslaved women. It is time that men who have to take a normal part…

— Bertrand Russell

“One cannot conceive man actually ascribing ethical qualities to his gods before he becomes sufficiently developed to formulate moral rules for his own guidance,…

— Chapman Cohen

“The living and efficaciously acting moral order is itself God. We require no other God, nor can we grasp any other.”

— Johann Gottlieb Fichte

“Morality is separate from the ideals of men. It exists whole somewhere, to be approached—but never truly understood—by the mortal. The Philosophy of Ideals.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Too many of us focus on the outward structure of character and conduct without taking the time to build the inward foundation of devotion…

— Jerry Bridges