Quotes about Morality
You're going to have things to repent, boy,' Mr. John had told Nick. 'That's one of the best things there is. You can always decide whether to repent them or not. But the thing is to have them.
— Ernest Hemingway
I'd be glad to shoot you.' 'Would you?' 'No. There's a law against it.
— Ernest Hemingway
You're going to have things to repent, boy," Mr. John had told Nick. "That's one of the best things there is. You can always decide whether to repent them or not. But the thing is to have them.
— Ernest Hemingway
How many people will he feed, he thought. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course not. There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behaviour and his great dignity.
— Ernest Hemingway
You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch. Yes. It's sort of what we have instead of God. Some people have God, I said. Quite a lot. He never worked very well with me.
— Ernest Hemingway
Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.
— Etty Hillesum
While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.
— Andy Andrews
It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.
— Andy Andrews
You don't sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing; it's the bad decisions that require creative reasoning.
— Andy Stanley
Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices.
— Andy Stanley
Nothing has stolen more dreams, dashed more hopes, broken up more families, and messed up more people psychologically than our propensity to disregard God's commands regarding sexual purity.
— Andy Stanley
Just because there isn't a "Thou shalt not" attached to a situation does not necessarily mean it is a "Thou shalt.
— Andy Stanley