Muhammad Quotes

People should be judged by the principles they espouse and the principles they betray.

If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

Let us be tried by our actions.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

Our concerns aren't always appropriate or morally elevated.

To see the line between being good and bad is really thin. It's not easy for anyone, not the manager, the players or the staff.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Intentions count in your actions.

There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong.

Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.

Whether it's trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree.

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

People will judge you according to your own convictions.