Top 461 Decency Quotes & Sayings

A woman without a degree of decency and delicacy is unsexed.

You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

silence is not weakness and decency is not pride

Decency cannot be discussed without indecency!

The only goal is the decency of means.

Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

If you can't say anything nice, at least have the decency to be vague.

Honor is decency without vanity.

Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private.

I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.

Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.

Morals are private. Decency is public.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

At least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us.

Is there decency left in American politics?

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency.

I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.

And die with decency.

What solidarity we do find exists despite the society, against all its realities, as an unending struggle between the innate decency of man and the innate indecency of the society. Can we imagine how men would behave if this decency could find full release, if society earned the respect, even the love of the individual?

Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.

Decency renders all things tolerable.

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

There are no points for civility or decency when it comes to prosecuting the campaign against Donald Trump.

The laws of decency enforce themselves.

Ethics, decency and morality are the real soldiers

In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it.

Common decency is a core part of who people are.

Hope, decency, and unity are not mere catchwords.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

If I had any decency, I'd be dead. Most of my friends are.

My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.

Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries - but it is a force stronger than crime.

There is a sense of decency that's like a barometer to a man's or a country's health.

If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.

Breaking of norms and disregard for decency have huge, long-term costs.

Small acts of decency ripple in ways we could never imagine.

Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. All men and all propositions are to be treated here as they deserve, and there are many who have no claim either to respect or decency.

…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.

Love always seeks for betterment, for ways of making life more workable, joyful, whole, and beautiful. Love examines every option available to bring about an improvement in life. This kind of discernment is an act of decency, not an act of judgment. Rigid philosophies of judgment will seek to establish structure as a substitute for decency, control as a substitute for trust, and the mind as a substitute for higher awareness.

Tibet's a tragedy. It's an insult to human decency.

Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern.

If the standard for art is the decency of its creators, we're going to have a lot of empty museums.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

Nothing is more heart-breaking than the demise of decency.

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency of sin.

I believe in an ultimate decency of things.

The most fundamental winning formula is to bet on human decency and be patient.