Quotes about Moral Principles

One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

We are for religion against the religions.

He may have confused honor with with with ruthlessness.

The man of integrity who is true to self and to God will choose the right whether or not anyone is looking because he is self-driven, not externally controlled.

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.

Contrary to the prevalent image of the egoist as oblivious to all standards and moved entirely by what he wants, when he wants it, Rand sees such an erratic, emotion-driven course as a sure way to sabotage one's well-being. Serving one's interest requires action guided by the recognition of certain constant, fundamental facts. These facts are the basis of moral principles.

He was a simple honest man. He never strayed, He never drank, he never smoked, and he never kissed a maid. And when he passed away his insurance was denied, Because he never lived, they claimed he never died.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

If a thing is obviously right, do it. But remember to exercise extreme judgment regarding what you call "right" and "wrong." A thing is only right or wrong because you say it is. A thing is not right or wrong intrinsically.

When you cheat at poker, life, or taxes, you've taken the honor and fun out of winning, and ultimately you've cheated yourself out of the finest pleasure in life: beating the other guy fair and square. That's what I was taught in school.

And so to seem like a regular guy and a good hire, I said, quoting Uncle Harry, "Whatever is not a crime is a business.

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Lo que considera un error es que la política se piense idealizándola contra la evidencia empírica a costa de supeditarla rígidamente a las normas y valores cristianos.

Don't swallow your moral code in tablet form.

The point of protesting about 'moral equivalence' is surely not to blur moral choices on 'our side'. Is it?

Do not swallow your moral code in tablet form.

the strenuous and dogmatic is the moral enemy of the good.

What's morality?" "It's the difference between what is right and what you can rationalize.

Das Prinzip Moral verstehe ich nicht.« »Das überrascht mich nicht im geringsten.«

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.

Oh, 'twould be marvelous if the world and its moral questions were like some game board, with plain black players and white, and fixed rules, and nary a shade of grey.