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Morals Quotes

Ethics, values, and the shape of character

These morals quotes range from comparing moral laws to musical laws, to observing how circumstances quietly shape a person's values. See Ethics quotes for closely related themes.

The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.

Quotes by Zoltan Kodaly

I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.

Quotes by Zebulon Pike

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

Quotes by William Gilbert

Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.

Quotes by Vince Staples

Ethics Quotes

I don't necessarily set out to teach or say anything in particular in my writing. Morals and themes come out as I'm telling the tale.

Quotes by Victoria Aveyard

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

Quotes by Tippi Hedren

Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood that people fought as much for medals as for morals.

Quotes by Tina Brown

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.

Quotes by Thomas Hardy

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Quotes by Theophile Gautier

Just Quotes

Whoever controls work and wages, controls morals.

Quotes by Susan B. Anthony

We write with the souls of thousands of lives saved, the lives of millions of jobs created, liberating multitudes of drivers from the shackles of servitude to iniquitous taxi cartels of corrupt cabals that choked cities with their pollution of...

Quotes by Shervin Pishevar

Morals are private. Decency is public.

Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

The people are grown very wild and loose in their morals.

Quotes by Peter Stuyvesant

The higher the building the lower the morals.

Quotes by Noel Coward

Manners Quotes

I'll never go against my morals.

Quotes by Leona Lewis

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

Quotes by Kathryn Bigelow

I'm from Alabama and I have morals and I have class. That's my personality.

Quotes by Katherine Webb

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

Quotes by Karl Kraus

The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals.

Quotes by Jimmy Swaggart

Me Quotes

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

Quotes by Jeremy Bentham

Frequently Asked Questions

What do morals quotes generally discuss?
They compare moral laws to musical laws, examine how circumstance shapes personal values, and note how morals can emerge naturally through storytelling.
Is there a quote comparing morals to music?
Yes, one states that the rules shaping right and wrong mirror the rules shaping music, essentially one and the same.
Do any quotes mention historical accounts of morals?
Yes, one recalls differing sharply from another writer's account of a group's population, customs, and values.
Is there a quote about circumstance shaping values?
Yes, one argues that circumstances dictate a person's set of values and morals more than fixed principles do.
Do morals quotes discuss storytelling?
Yes, one writer explains that morals and themes tend to emerge naturally while telling a story rather than being planned. See Ethics quotes for related themes.

One writer notes that morals surface naturally while telling a story rather than being planned in advance. Browse Manners and Just quotes for more.