Moral Quotes

The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
- Good
- Children
- Moral
It may well seem that Plato does suggest techne is the best model for moral knowledge. In other words, it may seem that his goal is to establish an expert or authority in the field of the good-bad, just-unjust.

David Roochnik
- Authority
- Plato
- Expert

If I had to place any blame for my future nefarious actions, I'd put it on the Ford. That Ford fractured every moral fiber in my body. It introduced me to girls, and I didn't come to my senses for six years. They were wonderful years.

Frank Abagnale
- Future
- Moral
To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed a particularly narrow and cracked determinism.

Joan Didion
- May
- Moral
- Feminist
I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who possesses a highly developed moral sense and a bitter honesty, is rare at any time and especially in this time. We need him.

Carolyn Kizer
- Believe
- Honesty
- Poet
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?'

Andy Serkis
- Growing
- Moral
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

Lao Tzu
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.

Pope Benedict XVI
- Church
- Moral