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Quotes about Morality

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
— Joseph Addison
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
— JC Ryle
Ethical man: A Christian holding four aces.
— Mark Twain
They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.
— Charles Dickens
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
— GK Chesterton
Left to himself, man is half beast and half devil.
— George Whitefield
The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.
— St. Jerome
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
— Aristotle
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.
— Epicurus
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
— CS Lewis
Charisma gets the attention of man and character gets the attention of God.
— Rich Wilkerson Jr.
If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.
— Sonny Bono