Ethical Strength Quotes

Power isn't about doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, Reiner. It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.

There is no strength without justice.

Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.

I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength, physically, morally and otherwise to preserve humanity and civilization.

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

Political courage requires clarity.

We may fight terrorism through brute force, but the terror that is unleashed in the name of religion can only be challenged through moral courage.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called *character,* a quality which, although approved in the abstract, sometimes loses ground to the other, more instantly negotiable virtues.... character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life--is the source from which self-respect springs.

Now to act with integrity, according to that strength of mind and body with which our creator hath endowed each of use, appears necessary for all.

The chief cause of our misery is less the violence of our passions than the feebleness of our virtues.

Brimstone once told me that to stay true in the face of evil is a feat of strength.

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

While might certainly does not make right, neither does right by itself make might.

An America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and a vision. This is what has led us to dare and achieve. For us, values count.

Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.

Integrity gains strength by use.

When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous.

But the world was also so constructed, owing to the nature of the Maker of it, that superior strength was found in the long run to lie with those who had the right on their side.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

A moral coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks is right because others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well.

When asked what attribute he most admired in human nature, Mahatma Gandhi replied, simply and immediately, 'Courage'. 'Nonviolence', he said, 'is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.

It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina.

O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.