Quotes About Morality

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.

God Almighty has set before me two Great Objects: the supression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners.

What a difference it would be if our system of morality were based on the Bible instead of the standards devised by cultural Christians.

because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, he gave them over to a reprobate mind

Carefully studying the Bible will reveal to us our own ignorance of these things. It will challenge us to reject a superficial understanding of Christianity and impress on us that it is imperative not to simply be religious or moral, but also to master the Bible intellectually, integrate its principles into our lives morally, and put into action what we have learned practically.

What we believe determines how we live. Men who sincerely believed that what they were doing was right have perpetrated many of the most hideous crimes against humanity.

What is good is only a matter of opinion in secular society. Using society's own standard of goodness, careful observation of the bigger picture may reveal that a particular good has been outweighed by general evil. When a society defines its own morality and then applies it to itself, that society can justify its own serious breaches of character. It is able to lower the standard to the detriment of all.

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.

If you step on people in this life, you're going to come back as a cockroach.

If cows wouldn't eat it, I won't play on it.

I don't remember Moses writing, 'Thou shalt not kill.. unless you think you have a good reason.

There is a little good in all evil.

Shockingly, it turned out to be Andrew Lang, perhaps Tylor's most vociferous defender, to call the world's attention to the facts that (1) certain people on the simplest level of material culture had some of the highest moral standards found anywhere in the world, and that (2) those standards were based on their belief in a single God who created them, watched over them, gave them his laws, and enforced them.

Tedn't law. Tedn't right. Tedn't just. Tedn't sense. Tedn't friendly.

everything else is stripped away," the Colonel said, "that's all you will have left, your honor, the most important thing in a man's life.

The buzzard has nothing to fault himself with. Scruples are alien to the black panther. Piranhas do not doubt the rightness of their actions. The rattlesnake approves of himself without reservations. The self-critical jackal does not exist. The locust, alligator, trichina, horsefly live as they live and are glad of it. The killer whale's heart weighs one hundred kilos but in other respects it is light. There is nothing more animal-like than a clear conscience on the third planet of the Sun.

He lived a life on the highest plane, a life much higher than ethics or morality. The life He lived was actually God Himself.

Although you may argue that it is not wrong to steal from others, the nature within you protests whenever you are tempted to steal. Even bank robbers will admit that, as they rob banks, their nature tells them, "Don't do this." However, they will not listen. It is the same with every evil-doer. Whenever they do something wrong, their nature disagrees. We need to observe the requirements of the nature within us.

Our conscience protests [39] continually. When you argue with your parents, the conscience says, "Don't do this." If you offend your parents, your conscience will trouble you for three nights. Every husband seeking to divorce his wife will also be convicted by his conscience. All men have a conscience. This is a great matter. In the normal Christian life we must all take care of our conscience in a suitable way.

Justice is the armed defense of innocent liberty.

Morality is the basis of all spirituality; if one is not morally pure, it is impossible to attain the highest spiritual fulfilment.

There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does not need to convince others by force that it is right

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.