Quotes of: Moral-character Keyword

Expendable was not the word I was looking to hear to boost my morale, but whatever.

Fall of Night

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Dharma – the foundation of all human goals be, Refers to obligations, conduct, moral duties; - 25 -

Goals of Life

A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.

Benjamin N. Cardozo

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.

Phil Ochs

Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.

Holy Bible: King James Version

It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.

Morality for Beautiful Girls

Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.

The Metaphysics of Morals

His moral lecture blazed with hate. What could have driven a child that far?

Markings

Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it. They have decided that it is entirely right and proper for men to fight for their liberties and their rights, but that it is not right and proper for women to fight for theirs.

My Own Story

Las ideas religiosas, morales, sociales, políticas, no son sino manifestaciones del un desequilibrio del sistema nervioso.

La colmena

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Moral Essays, Volume III: de Beneficiis

Morality doesn’t exist in space, only in the spaces between people.

The Space Race

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.

Reflections on a Ravaged Century

I have a strict moral code. I don't share penises with friends.

Two Wrongs Make a Right

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.

David E. Kelley

I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions.

Jeremy Northam

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.

Henry Miller

I guess if I had to put it into a single phrase, the moral of the Frank stories is that the hammer never really falls.

Jim Woodring