Moral Quotes

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.

The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.

More than anything else, let me be clear - we need to be willing to fight for freedom, and free markets, and traditional moral values. That's what the American people want to see this movement and this party return to.

A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in that awful activity.

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

The difficulty of looking at a system like natural selection if you have any sort of moral sense yourself, is almost what makes it beautiful.

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals and peoples is also in conformity with law, as is the object of philosophical, philological, historical, moral, and social sciences to establish.

Christianity makes of life a moral drama in which we play a starring role and in which the most ordinary events take on a grand significance.

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.

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 their complete formation is the product of habit.

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power.

You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.

We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.