Quotes about Morality

If I do good, I feel good...If I do bad, I feel bad

Both [North and South] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.

Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freemen.

let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty.

I am not at all concerned about whose side God is on, for I know the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.

Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.

Menschen, die keine Laster haben, haben auch nur wenige Tugenden.

Vices are their own punishment.

Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain

No gratitude from the wicked.

Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

Kindness is thrown away upon the evil.