Quotes about Morality

The most important thing to understand when it comes to our baser parts is not only how normal and natural it is to have them but that there is nothing wrong in having them. Bad is doing bad, not thinking bad (there are exceptions—see the next chapter), and it is certainly not merely having bad tendencies.

Romans 14:23, which says, "Whatever is not from faith is sin".

What about evil, you may ask? Aren't some people just evil, just monsters, and aren't such people just unforgivable? I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil. To relegate someone to the level of monster is to deny that person's ability to change and to take away that person's accountability for his or her actions and behavior.

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo.

But just as we do not forgive for others, we also do not forgive for God.

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

A prominent businessman once replied to a question: "If I had to name the one most important quality of a top manager, I would say, personal integrity.

With respect to relationships within the church, the leader is to be above reproach. Detractors should not have a rung to stand on. If a charge is preferred against him, it fails because his life affords no grounds for reproach or indictment of wrongdoing. His adversary finds no opening for a smear campaign, rumor mongering, or gossip.

Fair speech may hide a foul heart.

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.

Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.