Quotes of: Moral-courage Keyword

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without relying on religion.

Robert Winston

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

Ayn Rand

Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves

Augustine of Hippo

Eating is not a crime. It’s not a moral issue. It’s normal. It’s enjoyable. It just is.

Life

Is it really love to tell someone that if it came down to picking between them and every other life on the planet, you’d pick them? Is that — I don’t know, is that a moral sort of love at all?' 'Love isn’t moral or immoral,' said Clary. 'It j...

City of Lost Souls

The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "R...

A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appear has anything to do with moral dilemmas. Nor have the greatest Greek tragedies. If Euripides is the most tragic of the Greek pla...

Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals

One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering. Religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are not--that is, when they have nothing to ...

Letter to a Christian Nation

Mere instruction in morality is not sufficient to nurture the virtues. It might even backfire, especially when the presentation is heavily exhortative and the pupil's will is coerced. Instead a compelling vision of the goodness of goodness itself nee...

Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination

I would not be practicing love toward God OR my neighbour if I were to smile benignly on an unjust social order. It is not charitable to refrain from moral judgment: when Jesus says 'Judge not, lest ye be judged," he is forbidding condemnation, not d...

A Visit to Vanity Fair: Moral Essays on the Present Age

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt. (p. 21)

The Courage to Create

Science requires an engagement with the world, a live encounter between the knower and the known.

The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

—very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions—? Rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions

Frammenti postumi 1887-1888

The God who made all things and has all power, loves us and hears our prayers.

Faith, Courage, and Victory

God gave us the access, but we need to exercise courage to have it. No one lacks the access, but it’s only few that have the courage to grab it!

Leaders' Watchwords

Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.

Manuscript Found in Accra

The third gift is Courage. May you speak and act with confidence and use courage to follow your own path.

The Twelve Gifts of Birth

Real change requires you to change your behavior-not just your attitude.

The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity

No matter your circumstance, there is hope, strength, and courage to be found.

Two Mothers, One Prayer: Facing your Child's Cancer with Hope, Strength, and Courage

There is no one more courageous than the person who speaks with the courage of his convictions.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Courage is not walking into battle with no fear - you should know this as a soldier. Courage is feeling great fear, but walking forward anyway. Lady Lavender by Lynna Banning

Lynna Banning