morality Quotes

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.