Quotes About Morality

Burnaby wasn't a Christian but he behaved like a Christian is supposed to behave which made Colborne, a Christian, uncomfortable.

It was a time of sin. It was not a time of innocence. It was a time of physical disgust. For I remember well.

To destroy evil we must destroy the being which evil inhabits, even if it is ourselves.

They can't give you all that, Mr Jimson,' said Walter, who was upset. 'It wouldn't be right. What would they give you seven years for?' 'Being Gulley Jimson,' I said, 'and getting away with it.

The Professor looked like a Protestant saint when the cannibal offered him the choice of taking six wives or being boiled alive. He wanted to mortify some flesh, but he didn't know which.

Compromise means to go just a little bit below what you know is right. It's just a little bit, but it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.

If I have to build a big company by mistreating other people then the Bible says WOE to me. I don't know what that is, but I don't want any of it.

T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably and continually. They are very much aware of their wrong actions, and they are very miserable.

Remember that we cannot judge the moral value of any action by how we feel. Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.

The mind is often an area where people play around with sin.

Don't ever flirt with sin.

Are you conducting yourself properly so that when the world looks at you it sees God's character? Ask God to help you be a good witness at all times.

Character is doing what you don't want to do, but know you should do. There's plenty of room and company on the broad road, but it's not easy to walk on that narrow path.

For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good—whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). 1 Peter 3:10

Our conscience works like an inward monitor that beeps when we step out of line.

Doing the right thing once or even a few times does not equal success, but habitually doing right will produce a life worth living. It may not be easy, but it will be worth the effort. The person who never gives up always sees victory.

There is nothing wrong about having feelings, as long as you do what is right.

We need to be like the ant. We need to be the kind of people who are self-motivated and self-disciplined, those who do what is right because it is right, not because someone may be looking or because someone is making us do it.

Jamás escoja hacer lo malo solo porque los demás lo hagan! ¡Sea un ejemplo a seguir en lugar de alguien que incluso usted mismo se avergüence de conocer!

Estas pláticas que yo tengo con mi conciencia son a veces muy largas, duran días enteros; por eso no resulta que me ponga a contártelas en esta pobre carta. De verdad, cuídate mucho, come y duerme bien y sueña con los angelitos y no en esta cosa maligna que soy yo. Pero no me olvides.

Ninguno de los que vivimos está en gracia de Dios. Nadie podrá alzar sus ojos al cielo sin sentirlos sucios de vergüenza.

Life is ridiculous, so why not be a good guy?" That may be the only religion I have to this day.

No one is keeping a score. We're all just trying to do the right thing.

You know, sometimes the right thing isn't the thing you think is right. It's the wrong thing you're afraid to think of.