Quotes about Morality
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
— Desmond Tutu
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
— John Wooden
And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed.
— Graham Greene
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
— Winston Churchill
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
— DL Moody
Remember, vote for life. It may be your own.
— Mother Angelica
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.
— Samuel Johnson
The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins.
— Thomas Jefferson
Why has he taken this job?... For the sake of the dogs? But the dogs are dead; and what do dogs know of honour and dishonour anyway? For himself then. For his idea of the world, a world in which men do not use shovels to beat corpses into a more convenient shape for processing.
— JM Coetzee
Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.
— Mark Twain
So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
— Deuteronomy 21:9