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Quotes about Morality

Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.
— Mark Twain
If I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so.
— GK Chesterton
Failure to believe stems from moral failure to recognize the truth, not from want of evidence, but from willful neglect or distortion of the evidence.
— DA Carson
God could have created us to be automatons who were always choosing the right side, making the right decision. It is an incredible thing, God said "I want persons" who therefore have freedom.
— Desmond Tutu
Poverty possesses this disease; through want it teaches a man evil.
— Euripides
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
— Joseph Addison
The only reason I don't want to commit adultery is because I love my wife and I love my lord.
— Joseph Prince
We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.
— Andy Stanley
Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God.
— Joyce Meyer
If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.
— Maya Angelou
We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort.
— CS Lewis
Slander is worse than cannibalism.
— St. John Chrysostom