Morality Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Americans love a morality tale, especially one that's been taken from real life. We like facile categories of good and bad, and we like…

— Norah Vincent

Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others.

— Thomas Jefferson

“God could learn a little about love and morality from us. If there’s anyone who needs redemption, it’s God.”

— Logan Kain

“Moyers: Then what does love have to do with morality? Campbell: Violates it…Insofar as love expresses itself, it is not expressing itself in terms…

— Joseph Campbell

“They live with the belief that anything is acceptable if you can get away with it, that self-gratification is the most important aspect of…

— R.A. Salvatore

Love is a many-sided sacrifice; it means thoughtfulness for others; it means putting their good before self-gratification. Love is impulse, no doubt, but true…

— Hugh Reginald Haweis

“Revenge isn't a benefit, Lo. It’s self-gratification, an emotional response with very little logic and even less reward.”

— Anonymous

Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.

— Joseph Campbell

For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.

— Ariel Pink

Immaturity is the inability to delay self gratification.

— Mike Murdock

Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association…

— Michael E. DeBakey

“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the…

— Erik Pevernagie