Quotes about Morality
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when we are not well.
— Samuel Johnson
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
— Samuel Johnson
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
— Samuel Johnson
The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.
— Samuel Johnson
It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.
— Samuel Johnson
[Sunday] should be different from another day. People may walk, but not throw stones at birds. There may be relaxation, but there should be no levity.
— Samuel Johnson
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
— Samuel Johnson
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
— Samuel Johnson
There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.