Quotes About Morality

If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house, then in a field,...it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.

The wolf never kills for fun, which is probably one of the main differences distinguishing him from man.

The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.

The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of common men in high places.

Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get somewhere.

If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own guilt and repent; for what is shown to him is also within him.

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.

A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs.

Here again we witness the single outcome of a worldwide process, with East and West yielding the same results, and once again for the same reason: Men have forgotten God.

It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.

Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.

The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs and doings of his fellow-men.

He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be beloved by men.

No man is a devil in his own mind.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

Good education is not regeneration. Education may chain up men's lusts, but cannot change their hearts.

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.