People have set moral standards for me my entire life, yet they have always left off the ones that they couldn't keep. —Shannon L. Alder More about this quote Tags: failure morality standards Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
At the boy's level, hero worship gravitates toward the doer of spectacular deeds; on the average adult level, toward the wielder of power; and in the eyes of a more critical judgment, toward idealism and moral qualities. —Dixon Wecter More about this quote Tags: power heroism morality worship idealism hero worship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Moral: a peerless maxim enumerated by God in his Holy Bible, such as that of Deut. 23.1: "If your testicles are crushed or your male member missing, you must never enter a sanctuary of the Lord. —Donald Morgan More about this quote Tags: God morality sexuality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
American business, while it does not frown on helping the human race, frowns on people who start right in helping the human race without first proving that they can sell things to it. —Margaret Halsey More about this quote Tags: morality business selling selflessness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. —Kin Hubbard More about this quote Tags: politics innocence morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. —Voltaire More about this quote Tags: justice war morality violence murder Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: religion morality fighting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. —Henry David Thoreau More about this quote Tags: morality good usefulness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more. —Woody Allen More about this quote Tags: morality bad good sleep Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Compassion is the basis of all morality. —Arthur Schopenhauer More about this quote Tags: kindness morality compassion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. That is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil. —Albert Schweitzer More about this quote Tags: morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Morality is herd instinct in the individual. —Friedrich Nietzsche More about this quote Tags: morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email