Quotes about Morality
People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character
— Rick Warren
The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works, but rather who God is.
— Stanley Hauerwas
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
— Thomas Paine
The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.
— Oswald Chambers
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality).
— William Wilberforce
Often, without being at all aware of it, men judge themselves, not by God's rule, but by their own.
— Charles Finney
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Justice is that which is practiced by God himself, and to be practiced in its perfection by none but him. Omniscience and omnipotence are requisite for the full exertion of it.
— Joseph Addison
To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.
— Alphonsus Liguori
It is, therefore, not proper for God thus to pass over sin unpunished.
— Anselm of Canterbury
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with god.
— CS Lewis
Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools.
— Norman Geisler