Morality Quotes

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Morality Quotes

These morality quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

"I don't have to win. I just have to play. Let this eloquent wisdom guide your pursuit of a vibrant life."

-- Aaron Sorkin

"You have to have a compass. You have to know what true north is. Let this eloquent wisdom guide your pursuit of a vibrant life."

-- Aaron Sorkin

"Every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. Let this eloquent wisdom guide your pursuit of a vibrant life."

-- Aaron Sorkin

"I drink from the keg of glory. Let this eloquent wisdom guide your pursuit of a vibrant life."

-- Aaron Sorkin

"The most important thing in storytelling is intention and obstacle. Let this eloquent wisdom guide your pursuit of a vibrant life."

-- Aaron Sorkin

"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. This fable carries a lesson for the ages."

-- Aesop

"The gods help them that help themselves. This fable carries a lesson for the ages."

-- Aesop

"United we stand, divided we fall. This fable carries a lesson for the ages."

-- Aesop

"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny. This fable carries a lesson for the ages."

-- Aesop

"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. This fable carries a lesson for the ages."

-- Aesop

"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. This fable carries a lesson for the ages."

-- Aesop

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. This fable carries a lesson for the ages."

-- Aesop

"The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."

-- Adam Smith

"A crown is a heavy burden to bear. A sentiment forged in the roaring flames of dragons."

-- House of the Dragon

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These morality quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

Some of the most celebrated morality quotes come from Krishna, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, B. R. Ambedkar, among many others featured on this page.

Popular morality quotes include: "Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed." -- Krishna Also: "Where there is Krishna and where there is Arjuna, there will certainly be victory." -- Krishna.

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