Quotes About Morals

My dream is to get rich enough from an absolutely soul-disintegrating campaign where I sell my morals to buy a house in Ohio near my family.

I'm an old-fashioned guy.

You've got to watch 'Blue Bloods' once a week. There's a message in every show.

He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals.

Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way.

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals

They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one's self. Of course, they are charitable. They feed the hungry and clothe the beggar. But their own souls starve, and are naked. Courage has gone out of our race. Perhaps we never really had it. The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion--these are the two things that govern us.

But, to the philosopher, my dear Gerald, women represent the triumph of matter over mind - just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion - these are the two things that govern us

All imitation in morals and in life is wrong.  Through the streets of Jerusalem at the present day crawls one who is mad and carries a wooden cross on his shoulders.  He is a symbol of the lives that are marred by imitation. 

To the philosopher women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

Society--civilized society, at least--is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef ... Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees...

It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting.

But do let us go. Dorian, you must not stay here any longer. It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting.

Beginning with a critique of my own limbs, which she said, justly enough, were nothing to write home about, this girl went on to dissect my manners, morals, intellect, general physique, and method of eating asparagus with such acerbity that by the time she had finished the best you could say of Bertram was that, so far as was known, he had never actually committed murder or set fire to an orphan asylum.

I'm a hypocrite and a slut and I'll change my mind tomorrow.

We are who we protect, what we stand up for." -- Sophie, via Dan Brown - The DaVinci Code

Todo el mundo respeta a aquellos que se rigen por un código". —¿Otra

There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

[Restraints on the press] in all ages, have debauched morals, depressed liberty, shackled religion, supported despotism, and deluged the scaffold with blood.