Quotes about Morality
I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.
— William McKinley
False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
— Billy Graham
There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.
— Andrew Carnegie
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I'm proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad.
— Charlie Munger
Who touches money touches dirt; and the less religion has to do with it, the better.
— Philip Schaff
And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.
— Tony Campolo
Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The lion will lay down with the lamb...but every morning they'll have to provide a new lamb. Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
— Aldous Huxley