Quotes about Morality

There is no possible source of evil except good.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

Fortune definitely frowns upon all ill-gotten wealth, and often causes it to mysteriously evaporate.

If a man preach the Golden Rule as a sound rule of conduct his words will fall upon deaf ears if he does not practice that which he preaches. The most effective sermon that any man can preach on the soundness of the Golden Rule is that which he preaches, by suggestion, when he applies this rule in his relationships with his fellow men.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

A man of profound sincerity is a great moral force, and there is no force — not even the highest intellectual force — that can compare with it. Men are powerful in influence according to the soundness and perfection of their sincerity.

There is no hope for the person who is dishonest by choice. Sooner or later, his deeds will catch up with him, and he will pay by loss of reputation, and perhaps even loss of liberty.

It's because I want you to remember that character counts. You can be the best there ever was at something, but if you have no character, what do you have? On the other hand, if you have very little as far as accomplishments but you have character, well, then you're all right in my book.

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.

What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.