Action Quote by David Hume

Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to…

— James Anthony Froude

“Morality existed only in action. It arose out of action: was formed and tested in action: expressed itself in action. That was why we…

— Anonymous

Morals excite passions, and produce or prevent actions. Reason of itself is utterly impotent in this particular. The rules of morality, therefore, are not…

— David Hume

“Morality was not relative, they claimed, nor even existing solely in the realm of the human condition. No, they proclaimed morality as an imperative…

— Steven Erikson

Morality has been conceived up to the present in a very narrow spirit, as obedience to a law, as inner struggle between opposite laws.…

— Ernest Renan

If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

— Jonah Goldberg

Morality is more than possible without God, it is entirely independent of him.

— Julian Baggini

If you didn't have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldn't be morality but with consciousness that you have it.

— Roger Penrose

Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some…

— Catherine Wilson

There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity.

— Andy Hargreaves

Pure morality is only an instinctive adjustment which the soul makes.

— D. H. Lawrence

Morality comes from a commitment to treat other as we wish to be treated, which follows from the realization that none of us is…

— Steven Pinker