Morality Quotes

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them.

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

Wherever any precept of traditional morality is simply challenged to produce its credentials, as though the burden of proof lay on it, we have taken the wrong position.

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.

I believe one of the reasons so many do not get a higher education is the fear of their parents that they will lose more morally than they will receive mentally.

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell -- you see, I have friends in both places.

I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.

If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.

Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing.