M Quotes
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“Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.”
“Moral stimulation is good but moral complacency is the most dangerous habit of mind we can develop, and that danger is serious and ever-present.”
“Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles.”
“Moral supremacy is the only one that leaves monuments, and not ruins, behind it.”
Source: Among My Books: First [-second] series
“Moral Teleology supplies the deficiency in physical Teleology , and first establishes a Theology ; because the latter, if it did not borrow from the former without being observed, but were to proceed consistently, could only found a Demonology , which is incapable of any definite concept.”
Source: THE THREE CRITIQUES: The Critique of Pure Reason, The Critique of Practical Reason & The Critique of Judgment: The Base Plan for Transcendental Philosophy, The Theory of Moral Reasoning and The Critiques of Aesthetic and Teleological Judgment
“Moral theory develops from the divine command theory of medieval Christian philosophy, mixed up with a bit of ancient pagan virtue theory, to the purely secular moral sentiment and interpersonal reaction theories of Smith and Hume, to Kant's attempt to restore command theory but with something supersensible in the individual rather than God as the source of authority.”
“Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.”
Source: A few days in Athens: being the translation of a Greek manuscript discovered in Herculaneum
“Moral values have been thrown out the window. Christianity is out the window. And that's wrong. Parents should be at home, teaching kids right from wrong, making sure they get a great education so they can be a success in life.”
“Moral values includes the immorality of 45 million uninsured or the immorality of working people who are having trouble raising a family despite working full-time. That has to be part of the moral equation. And if we are able to frame things in that fashion, then I think we can be successful.”
“Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.”
“moral vanity is the snare of good people.”
“Moral vices prosper by dressing themselves as virtues.”
“Moral virtue is ... a mean between two vices, that of excess and that of defect, and ... it is no small task to hit the mean in each case, as it is not, for example, any chance comer, but only the geometer, who can find the center of a given circle.”
Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
“Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.”
Source: The Nicomachean ethics
“Moral virtues and intellectual virtues are very different from each other, and moral virtue has to do with motivation, not cognition. Moral virtue requires a human level of intelligence, but it doesn't require that one be an intelligent human.”
“moral voices can also become sanctimonious bullies.”
“Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”
Source: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: Classic French Literature
“moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything.”
Source: The America of George Ade, 1866-1944: Fables, Short Stories, Essays
“Moral: It all depends.”
Source: Knocking the neighbors
“Morala constituie pentru arta o primejdie pe care multi o subestimeaza, arta se apropie mai mult de natura, prin cruzimea ei infantila, decat morala, care e creatia spiritului uman matur, impins de nevoia de a pune ordine in viata afectiva si de a tine in frau instinctele. Uneori, ea devine necrutatoare,tinzand la suprimarea totala a instinctelor, ca si cand fara ele fiinta umana ar putea supravietui.”
Source: Imposibila întoarcere
“Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.”
“Morale and attitude are fundamentals to success.”
“Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.”
“Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance.”
“Morale is a little bit dimmed, is a bit affected by the redundancy program. That program had been planned for quite some time, and when I took over it was really left to me to make the final decision and it clearly was the right thing to do for the business.”
“Morale is boosted to high highs by accomplishment. In fact, it can be demonstrated that production is the basis of morale.”
Source: The Way To Happiness
“Morale is faith in the man at the top.”
“Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.”
“Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline -- and above all his interest in others -- these together make up the spirit of morale.”
Source: Survival
“Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.”
Source: Crusade in Europe
“Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.”
“Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.”
“Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can’t.”
“Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can't be done.”
“Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.”
Source: Catch-22
“Moraleja: si eres una población próspera, que vive en altas concentraciones pero está expuesta a nuevas infecciones, es solo cuestión de tiempo hasta que llegue la próxima gran pandemia.”
Source: Contagio: La evolución de las pandemias
“Moralism doesn't produce morality; it produces immorality.”
Source: Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free
“Moralism is always the cheap substitute for mysticism.”
“Moralism is the cunt’s effort to find some basis for self-respect, a pitiful gesture toward being human at which men laugh and for which women pity other women.”
“Moralism is the cunt’s effort to find some basis for self-respect, a pitiful gesture toward being human at which men laugh and for which women pity other women.”
Right Wing Women
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Source: Right-Wing Women
“Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.”
“Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil”
“Moralists have no place in an art gallery.”
“Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success; about the hollowness of failure they are silent.”
“Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative forces and can assert one's will over long periods of time in the form of legislation and customs.”
Source: The Will to Power
“Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments.”
“Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.”
“Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.”
“Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity.”
Source: Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions: Marriage & Sexuality