Quotes about Morality
The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so. So that they indiscriminately choose as good whatsoever gives them pleasure, while they avoid all pain alike as evil.
— Aristotle
Bad men are full of repentance.
— Aristotle
The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.
— Aristotle
Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.
— Aristotle
Happiness consists in the consciousness of a life in which the highest Virtue is actively manifested.
— Aristotle
While both [Plato and truth] are dear, piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
— Aristotle
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
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
— Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
— Aristotle
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.
— Clay Aiken
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
— Anne Lamott