Quotes about Morality
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
— Stephen Covey
We become just by performing just actions temperate by performing temperate actions brave by performing brave actions.
— Aristotle
A good heart will help you to a bonny face my lad ... and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.
— Emily Bronte
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.
— Anne Frank
True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.
— AW Pink
The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.
— Alphonsus Liguori
The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
— Elie Wiesel
Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It's the power to do what you ought.
— Os Guinness
The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Free will is the power of choosing good and evil.
— Origen