Quotes about Morality

A first impulse was never a crime.

I cannot worship the abstractions of virtue: she only charms me when she addresses herself to my heart, speaks through the love from which she springs.

Love is much more demanding than law.

War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.

And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed.

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.

Sometimes we do the wrong thing for the right reason. We've all been there.

You want to make a difference in your world? Live a holy life: Be faithful to your spouse. Be the one at the office who refuses to cheat. Be the neighbor who acts neighborly. Be the employee who does the work and doesn't complain. Pay your bills. Do your part and enjoy life. Don't speak one message and live another. People are watching the way we act more than they are listening to what we say.

Sin not only breaks our relationship with God, it also hampers our relationships with others.

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life."1 Our deeds are ugly. Our actions are harsh. We don't do what we want to do, we don't like what we do, and what's worse—yes, there is something worse—we can't change.

You will never go wrong doing what is right.