Character Quote by Susan C. Young

“Rather than offering a strict moral code to live by, popular culture today provides more of a moral posture.”

— Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

“any significant and lasting transformations of society require significant changes in the moral fiber of individual human beings; for as long as greed, hatred,…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“When you devalue ethics and morals by proclaiming that our attitude toward them should be casual or lenient, you can't be surprised by a…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“We have to embrace the values of morality and proper education in order to gain respect from the majority of the people who dwell…

— Saaif Alam

“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?”

— Kakuzō Okakura

It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.

— Lafcadio Hearn

“When we try to bring about change in our societies, we are treated first with indifference, then with ridicule, then with abuse and then…

— A.T. Ariyarante

“I've learned over many decades that people are likeliest to declare their respect when their behavior suggests the opposite.”

— Curtis Sittenfeld

“Polite people tend to be more respected, admired, and appreciated than their rude counterparts.”

— Susan C. Young

“When morality is reduced to personal preferences and when no one can be held morally accountable, society quickly falls into disorder.”

— Charles W. Colson

“Just as we cannot stop the birds flying off and upwards at our approach, so there is no way of preventing the acts which…

— Philip Thody

The most remarkable change in the moral history of mankind has been the rise - and occasionally the application - of the view that…

— James Q. Wilson