Quotes about Morality

We must renew our commitment to instilling high moral character in our students, to teaching them to treat each other with kindness, to stand up for what is right, and to respect the diversity of backgrounds and experiences that strengthen our country.

Those who do not think religious organizations should have an opinion on climate change misunderstand the former and the moral dimension of the latter.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Good men stand against evil and overcome it, in their private lives and in their communities.

We don't need to be taught to lie, or to be selfish or cruel or vindictive—we need to be taught how not to.

anything you do in the dark. In other words, it's any act that you try to hide from others. So, what kind of person are you when the shades are drawn? That's really the question. "Integrity," as Dr. Werjonic used to say, "has no private life." But, of course, no one has complete integrity because everyone has things to hide. All of us act differently when no one is watching.

Justice doesn't always have clean hands, and we all have dark desires clawing at our wills.

The moral disapprobation of society has an impact on behavior in societies.

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.

The great moral powers of the soul are faith, hope, and love.

If love was a sin, God Himself would be in the hottest part of Hell.