Quotes about Morality
Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when we are not well.
— Samuel Johnson
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
— Samuel Johnson
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
— Samuel Johnson
The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.
— Samuel Johnson
It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.
— Samuel Johnson
[Sunday] should be different from another day. People may walk, but not throw stones at birds. There may be relaxation, but there should be no levity.
— Samuel Johnson
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
— Samuel Johnson
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
— Samuel Johnson
There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Slothful do not have the time to become virtuous or despicable.
— Henry David Thoreau
The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things not only in the light of time but in the light of Eternity.
— William Barclay