Best Moral Compass Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“By definition, a human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange - meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or (since this is increasingly replacing both) the Almighty State. It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil. The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities. This is what the television news is all about. Unfortunately there is so much original sin in us all that we find evil rather attractive. To devastate is easier and more spectacular than to create.”

Evil Sin Morality Good Morals Moral Compass Clockwork Orange

Book:A Clockwork Orange

Source: A Clockwork Orange

“Evil magic could flow through her like a river in full flood. Fortunately for the rest of us, there's a lot of Agnes in the way. Whether that makes her wicked, I'll leave to philosopher's.”

Evil Philosophical Wicked Moral Compass Evil Magic Propensity For Evil

Book:Nettle & Bone

Source: Nettle & Bone

“You govern people, you do good and bad things. If you don't have guts to do bad, then step aside.”

Government Truth Conscience Guts Moral Compass

Book:My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way they expect it to be, but how they expect to be, in order to achieve it.”

“If your conscience objects, surely God also objects since He is even greater.”

Character God Morality Ethics Conscience Conviction Right And Wrong Moral Compass Human Conscience

Book:ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

Source: ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions.”

Source: Healology

“If you lose your values chasing wealth, you’ll eventually lose both.”

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Book:Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank

Source: Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank

“I am the person beyond the paradigm, I am but a reflection of the best of humankind.”

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Book:Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Life would be so much simpler if she would fall for the male whose moral compass was as dependable as the North Star.”

Complicated Envy Frustrated Moral Compass Bad Boys Kerri Maniscalco Camilla Throne Of The Fallen Camilla Antonius Prince Envy

Book:Throne of the Fallen

Source: Throne of the Fallen

“Any goal that demands you betray the value you seek has already failed before it is reached.”

Purpose Driven Life Moral Compass Self Betrayal Ethical Dilemma Philosophical Quote Goal Alignment Integrity First Means Vs Ends Toxic Goal Setting Values Based Success

Author:Pierre Lagrenat

“You don’t need a compass when you are yourself a map.”

Inspirational Quotes Moral Compass Self Empowerment Quotes For The Wolf For The Throne Wilderwood Series

Book:For the Throne

Source: For the Throne

“What you have is momentary; who you are is forever.”

Forever Who You Are Moral Character Moral Compass Who You Are Quotes What You Have Who You Are As A Person Who You Are In Life What You Have Or Don T Have

Book:Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.”

Helping Kids Moral Compass God Help Moral Compass

Author:Jack Wagner

“I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass.”

Thinking Moral Morality Compass Moral Compass

Book:Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Source: Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

“I take no pleasure in seeing DeLay swing gently in the wind. But the thing I believe in the most is ethics. If someone has lost his moral compass and has to go to jail to find it, then I believe it will make him a much better person.”

Ifs Believe Persons Lost I Believe Pleasure Compassion Moral Seeing Wind Ethics I Believe In Jail Swings Delay Compass Better Person Moral Compass

Author:Tom DeLay

“Many of these Americans who are struggling to survive are Americans of color, .. Their cries for assistance confront America with a test of our moral compass as a nation.”

America Nations Compassion Moral Struggle Cry Color Tests Assistance Compass Moral Compass Struggling To Survive

Author:Elijah Cummings

“There's a morality... I think there's a moral compass but whether that comes from religion or just from being a good person, and where one starts and the other begins... I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.”

Thinking Want Persons Moral Nice Morality Generous Compass Good Person Being A Good Person Moral Compass

Author:David Tennant

“I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characters I play, or is it me growing as a human being?'”

Thinking Humans Sometimes Play Character Human Beings Moral Growing Compass Moral Compass

Author:Andy Serkis

“Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.”

Children Earth Suffering Nations Moral Hunger Shelter Homeless Compass Measure Of Success Reset Moral Compass

Author:Marian Wright Edelman

“Much of the world's moral compass is broken. The moral north reads south and the moral south reads north.”

World Moral Broken South Compass Moral Compass

Book:Dennis Prager: Volume I

Source: Dennis Prager: Volume I

“Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.”

Believe Heart Sometimes Order Decision Moral Compass Moral Compass Moral Decisions Unpopular Decisions

Author:Tabatha Coffey

“There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossibly expensive and burdensome. This approach leads to diminished freedom for everyone...In the end, it is only an internal moral compass in each individual that can effectively deal with the root causes as well as the symptoms of societal decay. Societies will struggle in vain to establish the common good until sin is denounced as sin and moral discipline takes its place in the pantheon of civic virtues.”

“The biggest challenge, I think, is always maintaining your moral compass.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“While the Western society gives total freedom to the individuals to do whatever "consenting adults" please, which admittedly is better than having the government poke into your private life and your bedroom, like in Islamic countries, there are no moral compasses to tell what is right from wrong. The very notion of right and wrong has come under question. The motto is "if it feels good do it". Hedonism rules!”

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Author:Ali Sina

“I'm so grateful that I was raised by a mother who really instilled in me that my moral compass and achievements all had to come from a real place that had nothing to do with my beauty or how I looked. That was very big for her.”

Real Bigs Mother Moral Achievement Grateful Raised Compass So Grateful Moral Compass

Author:Kristen Stewart

“My hair is my everything: my best friend, my mentor, my moral compass.”

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Author:Keith Murray

“When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you can point to as your own moral compass.”

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Author:Ari Graynor

“Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others define you. Don't let advertisers mold you; don't let zealots ensnare you; don't let conventional wisdom trap you....you are part of a much larger whole.”

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Author:Denis Hayes

“Nowadays, especially in big commercial films it's much easier for the audience, and they tend to get spoonfed. It's much more interesting to me, people leave the theater and they start asking themselves questions and find their own moral compass about what these characters have been doing.”

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Author:Michael Fassbender

“The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass from religion, as a matter of fact we don't.”

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Author:Richard Dawkins

“Lois pursues the truth no matter what sort of adversity faces her. I think Superman sees that, and it's the same moral compass that he has from the Kents.”

Thinking Matter Faces Moral Adversity No Matter What Pursue Compass Kent Moral Compass

Author:Jim Lee

“The men can have a moral compass that is just unshakeable, they can have ethics that run to the core.”

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Author:Lupe Fiasco

“So, first, I wanted to be a part of the project because I thought it was an important story to tell. On top of that, it's rare to find roles for strong, young, feisty women, especially in a military film. And I love that Suarez ends up being the moral compass of the story, and that she's also brave enough to stand up to all these men.”

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Author:Zoe Kravitz

“I'm very, very, very, very spiritual. I grew up in an organized religion, I went to Sunday school as a kid. I'm very grateful that there was religion. I think it instills a good moral compass.”

Thinking Kids School Spiritual Moral Grew Grew Up Grateful Organized Sunday Compass Organized Religion Instill Sunday School Moral Compass Good Moral

Author:Taryn Manning

“We have become so addicted to our greed-driven habits that we have lost our moral compass and don't know what is right and wrong.”

Knows Lost Moral Habit Greed Driven Compass Moral Compass

Author:Sharon Gannon

“Someone cold, politically calculating with no moral compass who can't be trusted. That's what polling and discussions with voters indicate [about Hillary Clinton].”

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Author:Tamara Keith

“It's really fun working on this Marvel movie [ Spiderman]. The essentials of Aunt May are that she's helped raise Spiderman and she's his moral compass.”

May Fun Moral Essentials Raises Compass Aunt Moral Compass

Author:Marisa Tomei

“Democracy needs a moral compass.”

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Author:Jill Stein

“Elie Wiesel has for years served as the moral compass of the civilized world. For many of us, including me, he has defined the Holocaust.”

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Author:Hershel Shanks

“We may look great on Instagram, but we're still lonely and depressed and anxiety-ridden. I hope, for the sake of our future generations, that our moral compass stays intact.”

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Author:Nelly Furtado

“My parents were my first bosses - they gave me my moral compass, goals, and first recognition. My dad worked 25 years for Rolls Royce in England. He taught me the value of working someplace where you can make a difference - not chasing money but doing work that you found purposeful.”

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Author:Adrian Gostick

“Don't assume that your personal moral compass, however admirable it may be, will always give you the right answer to complicated questions that require in-depth analysis.”

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Author:Joseph Badaracco

“The foundation of leadership is your own moral compass. I think the best quality leaders really know where their moral compass is. They get it out when they are making decisions. It's their guide. But not only do you have to have a moral compass and take it out of your pocket, it has to have a true north.”

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Author:Les Wexner

“I think we need to be human. Nobody is objective. We need to go in and be human - especially today, especially given everything that's happening around us, especially given the divides between populations that are growing and what's at stake in terms of our collective humanity, and the fact that our moral compass is broken.”

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Author:Arwa Damon

“So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.”

Waiting Party Moral Compass Backbone Moral Compass

Author:John Perry Barlow

“Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.”

“I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.”

Ifs Thinking Ideas Moral Listening Music Is Compass Moral Compass

Book:Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Source: Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

“If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.”

Ifs Mind Ideas Matter Individual Rooms Moral Vision Knowledge Courage Learning Intellectual Conscience Management Committees Confronting Moral Compass Moral Life

Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

“My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.”

Left Moral Violence Trouble Swings Compass Moral Compass

Author:Michael Biehn

“I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.”

People Ifs Thinking Looks Ends Government Success Change Business Moral Havens Changed Self Improvement Loser Business Success Compass Moral Compass

Author:Michael Bloomberg

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