Quotes About Morality

In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.

Man sees your actions, but God your motives.

Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.

There is the seed of all sins--of the vilest and worst of sins--in the best of men.

I love to see honest and honorable men at the helm, men who will not bend their politics to their purses, nor pursue measures by which they may profit, and then profit by their measures.

Conscience is a man's compass.

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.

According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes. He that does good becomes good; he that does evil becomes evil. By pure actions he becomes pure; by evil actions he becomes evil.

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not.

The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.

Even the righteous man is just a sinner living in between sins.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.

To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.

The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.

I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine.

Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.