Quotes about Morality
God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
— Ambrose of Milan
Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that
— George Bernard Shaw
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
— GK Chesterton
There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.
— Herman Melville
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
— Confucius
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
— CS Lewis
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
— David O. McKay
Personally I do not resort to force - not even the force of law - to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influence of example - of fashion.
— Rutherford B. Hayes
Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.
— George H. W. Bush
People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
— Martin Luther
Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world.
— Edmund Burke
The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.
— George Washington