Moral Compass Quotes

• If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

  Steve Chabot

  Thinking, People, Common Sense

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• In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.

  Henry Rollins

  Leadership, Moral, Compass

  "A 60 Second Commencement Address" by Henry Rollins, bigthink.com. 2017.

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• Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.

  Tabatha Coffey

  Believe, Heart, Order

  "I Am a Bitch!" by Tabatha Coffey, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.

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• Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Freedom, Integrity

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• I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Change, Success, Business

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• The foundation of leadership is your own moral compass. I think the best quality leaders really know where their moral compass is. They get it out when they are making decisions. It's their guide. But not only do you have to have a moral compass and take it out of your pocket, it has to have a true north.

  Les Wexner

  Thinking, Decision, Leader

  "Victoria's Other Secret". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. February 10, 2017.

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• The biggest challenge, I think, is always maintaining your moral compass.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Challenges, Maintaining

  "Transcript: Barack Obama and The God Factor Interview" by Cathleen Falsani, sojo.net. February 21, 2012.

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• There's harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction regardless of fashion or trend.

  Ted Koppel

  Fashion, Peace, Trends

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• A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

  Colin Powell

  Moral, Shame, Compass

  Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

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• True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspiring, Women, Eye

  Ellen DeGeneres (2011). “Seriously ... I'm Kidding”, p.8, HarperCollins Australia

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• There's a morality... I think there's a moral compass but whether that comes from religion or just from being a good person, and where one starts and the other begins... I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.

  David Tennant

  Nice, Thinking, Want

  "David Tennant: 'My bedpost really has very few notches' - interview". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2011.

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• If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Courage, Learning, Knowledge

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• All too rarely do I hear people asking just what it is that we've done to make so many children's hearts so hard, or what collectively we might do to right their moral compass - what values we must live by.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Heart, People

  Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance”, p.438, Broadway Books

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• I think we need to be human. Nobody is objective. We need to go in and be human - especially today, especially given everything that's happening around us, especially given the divides between populations that are growing and what's at stake in terms of our collective humanity, and the fact that our moral compass is broken.

  Arwa Damon

  Thinking, Broken, Humanity

  Source: wwd.com

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• The Holocaust teaches us that nature, even in its cruelest moments, is benign in comparison with man when he loses his moral compass and his reason.

  Samuel Pisar

  Men, Holocaust, Moral

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• Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Suffering, Earth

  "The State of America’s Children 2012" by Marian Wright Edelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2012.

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• My relationship with God is what gives me a moral compass on what decisions to make and that stuff. I'm thankful that I have the people around me that I do, and they remind me each day of who I am and what I stand for.

  Alyson Stoner

  Who I Am, People, Giving

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret.

  Andrew Fastow

  Regret, Done, Moral

  "I was very greedy, says Enron trial's star witness" by Richard Wray, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2006.

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• I'm very, very, very, very spiritual. I grew up in an organized religion, I went to Sunday school as a kid. I'm very grateful that there was religion. I think it instills a good moral compass.

  Taryn Manning

  Spiritual, Grateful, School

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our heart, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in. It can be difficult and even frightening to go against the grain, whether it's a personal disagreement with a friend, partner, or family member or a professional decision that affects coworkers and colleagues.

  Tabatha Coffey

  Believe, Heart, Order

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• The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom and human dignity lies in love, wisdom and compassion for one another, Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all.

  Kofi Annan

  Lying, Inspiration, Compassion

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• Democracy needs a moral compass.

  Jill Stein

  Democracy, Needs, Moral

  Twitter post from Apr 24, 2016

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• The men can have a moral compass that is just unshakeable, they can have ethics that run to the core.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Running, Men, Ethics

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. March 9, 2011.

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• The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries to protect its doctrines and institution instead of nurturing the evolution of consciousness. If one is not careful to distinguish the genuine insights of a religion from its irrelevant accretions, one can go through life following an inappropriate moral compass.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Faith, Business, Ideas

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.118, Penguin

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• My moral compass is so broken I can barely find the parking lot.

  Ben Quayle

  Broken, Moral, Compass

  "Dan Quayle's Son Wins Congressional Primary". www.foxnews.com. August 25, 2010.

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