There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous.
Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?
Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.
There's obviously a correlation between an economically empowered woman and the investments she makes. That leads to her social and moral conscience for bettering her community.
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen.
Keep extending hand for friendship. Those alive will grip yours with theirs, while the morally dead will inflate; rubbing their own palms.
LOVE YOURSELF" does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right, but the thing which is morally right for everyone.
A bright smile has the strongest electrifying power to lift up the sagging morale and light up a depressed face effortlessly and immediately.
As the sailor locates his position on the sea by "shooting" the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God.
A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.
True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie.
In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and it's up to the audience to interpret rather than you putting moral stamp on the character.
The whole psychoanalytical establishment in America at midcentury was geared to make people with homosexual proclivities feel like monsters, moral degenerates.
I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass.
I believe in capitalism. I need to make a profit, but I would like to do it with ethics, dignity, morals. It's my dream.
All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.
The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players.
Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life-style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity.
Compromising choices, preferences, and wants to be in a relationship are one thing, compromising who you are—the things ingrained in you, your beliefs, and your morals—are non-negotiable.
