Quotes about Morality
As the sailor locates his position on the sea by "shooting" the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God.
— AW Tozer
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
— Albert Schweitzer
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
— John Milton
Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.
— George Washington
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
— George Bernard Shaw
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
— William Hazlitt
Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death
— Pope Francis
Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility with regard to everything that has life.
— Albert Schweitzer
There has never been a time in my life when I felt that I could take a gun and shoot down a fellow-being. In this respect I am a Quaker.
— DL Moody
If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.
— Jacqueline Novogratz
To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.
— Mahatma Gandhi
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality expressing the highest respect for law ... We will not obey your evil laws.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.