Moral Character Quotes

“Virtue isn’t demanding more of others; it’s expecting more of yourself.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Moral obligations verses Legal obligations. Legally, you must abide by the laws of the land or face the consequences of being fined, imprisoned or both. Moral obligations tend to lean more towards a spiritual nature of a person. Some people perform immoral acts because legally there are no consequences. Morals birth in the heart of the individual. Moral characteristics are developed at an early age and continue into adulthood. It's a disgrace to neglect having good moral character.”
― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny

“Self-discipline means you have the determination, inner strength, and fortitude to do what’s right — even if it’s difficult.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“Happiness induced morality does not say anything about the content of a person's character. The real mettle of an individual's character is revealed during the times of misery.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Morality Absolute

“Be a good person. Everything else is secondary.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Credibility says everything about you.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“What you have is momentary; who you are is forever.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“What is right is a lot more important than who is right.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“It’s not enough to say that you’ll do what’s right; it’s what you actually do that makes the difference.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“When you say, 'I do,' you cannot be sincere, because you cannot know what you're doing. You may want some idea called 'being married' but you have no idea what being married will actually require of you. And so your sincerity and your strength of character don't really matter. If you are a morally weak person you can still marry. You don't have to wait until you're ready, because you're never ready. And so it is with 'I'm sorry.”
― Eve Tushnet, Amends

“A person’s moral decision of what is right and wrong is not the sheer application of a mathematical principle. Many variables come into play when examining how to conduct a person’s life. A person experiences reality inside their head and we premise our personal version of reality upon the accumulation of knowledge. Decision-making entails the identification and application of personal knowledge in a just and virtuous manner. The only measure of personal integrity is whether a person derives their own judgment in a rational manner and then determinedly implements the moral judgment regardless of the possibility of encountering the derision and scorn of other people.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“If you can’t hear your conscience, turn up the volume.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Personal branding is less a marketing exercise than it is becoming the best person you can be.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“The basis of the basel missionaries to build a moral character of the convert.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The basis of the Basel missionaries is to build the moral character of the converts.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Great ideas don’t have to be forced on people.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Do you want to do more or be more?”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“School activities should aid students in self discipline coupled with moral character development.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Only moral sense of being can help one to be virtuous in imperfect society.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The high road is the best path to your destination.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“People who do what’s right never fear the truth.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“It’s not always easy to do what’s right. That’s what makes it so special!”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“Some of the most precious things you possess are your honor, your dignity, and your reputation.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“If you think that doing the right thing most of the time makes you reliable, you’re kidding yourself.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“There’s a difference between achieving success and being a success.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“Unleash the hidden power of moral character. It can transform your life.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“It is unlikely that many of us will be famous, or even remembered. But not less important than the brilliant few that lead a nation or a literature to fresh achievements, are the unknown many whose patient efforts keep the world from running backward; who guard and maintain the ancient values, even if they do not conquer new; whose inconspicuous triumph it is to pass on what they have inherited from their faiths, unimpaired and undiminished, to their sons. Enough, for almost all of us, if we can hand on the torch, and not let it down; content to win the affection, if it may be, of a few who know us, and to be forgotten, when they in their turn have vanished. The destiny of mankind is not wholly governed by its ‘stars’.”
― F.L. Lucas, Style: The Art of Writing Well

“It is, I believe, personality above all that sets Virgil and Horace higher than Catullus and Ovid: Chaucer than Dryden; Shakespeare than his contemporaries.”
― F.L. Lucas, Style: The Art of Writing Well