Quotes about Morality
Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.
— Stephen Covey
Life without decency is unbearable.
— Albert Nobbs
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
— Confucius
If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
— Confucius
What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?
— Confucius
Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
— Marcus Aurelius
Capital punishment is against the best judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.
— William Wilberforce
It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist.
— Martin Luther
You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
— Charles Spurgeon
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
— Confucius
It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
— Publilius Syrus