Quotes about Morality
Conscience is God present in man.
— Victor Hugo
Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.
— Andy Stanley
Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.
— Thomas Jefferson
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.
— John Adams
Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.
— Victor Hugo
The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
— Epicurus
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
— CS Lewis
Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.
— Aristotle
How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is because preachers have too much worldly wisdom.
— Teresa of Avila
To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.
— Confucius