Quotes of: Moral-character Keyword

It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.

Sam Harris

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Frank Herbert

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Thomas Jefferson

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

Xun Zi

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

Ayn Rand

If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.

Jack Valenti

Deckard: [to Zhora] I'm from the, uh, Confidential Committee on Moral Abuses.

Blade Runner

The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.

Alan Dershowitz

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

atheist

Be true to yourself-at the core of your leadership are your values and morals.

Artika Tyner

Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller.

James Surowiecki

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

Anita Roddick

You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.

Billy Sunday

It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.

Walter Hagen

My first character was Mr. Toad.

Bill Griffith

A circular plot structure, often seen in adventure novels and quest fantasies, is a narrative devise involving setting, character, and theme. Typically a protagonist ventures from home (or the starting place of the story), goes on a journey, often a ...

Essentials of Young Adult Literature

Distance can ruin even the best of intentions. But I suppose it depends on how you look at it. Distance just adds a richness you would not otherwise get. People come. People go. They will drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a fav...

The Rescue

Death is not like going to sleep, it's more like waking up from a dream and realizing the person you were in the dream wasn't you, the problems you had in the dream weren't your problems and waking up from the dream to this world is like going back t...

Emmanuel Diogu

No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only ‘good’ things are allowed to happen to them. Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It is not cheap, and it’s hard to come by, owing pa...

Billy Marshall Stoneking

If I'm to have a character that others admire, I need to focus on developing that character. I need to make decisions that are honorable and honest. I need to focus on others rather than myself. I need to be consistent in my dealings with other (whil...

Tom Walsh

Time to improve is limited. The clock is always on and doesn't care if you don't feel like it. Someone else does and they're passing you by.

On Character and Mental Toughness