Quotes On Morality

Deeds rather than words express my concept of the part religion should play in everyday life. I have watched constantly that in my work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Force always attracts men of low morality.

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.