Sentence examples for moral exhortation from inspiring English sources

In his own words:"Moral exhortation doesn't change people's behavior.

The psalms most difficult to date are those primarily concerned with moral exhortation.

Darwin and Lincoln both began their great works not with grand principle and moral exhortation but with simple evocations of homely evidence.

It would not be solved merely by economic expansion or moral exhortation, he contended, but by a "comprehensive assault on poverty".

JOEL MacDONALD Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Dec. 19, 2012   I agree that neither gun control nor moral exhortation is an adequate response to massacres.

The speech that he delivered at his installation in April 1866 was not very remarkable in itself, but its tone of high moral exhortation made it an immediate success.

Moral exhortations called for solidarity with the poor and the helpless and for brotherly assistance to those in need.

The moral exhortations and cautionary tales the Rijksmuseum offers are historically ignorant, visually illiterate and brazenly propagandistic.

A counterpart to The Source of Knowledge is John's anthology of moral exhortations, the Sacred Parallels, culled from biblical texts and from writings of the Church Fathers.

Moral exhortations, like "Serve the People," as well as official movements to strengthen the nation under the Communist Party, are what pass for political participation in China.

The book is an imitation of the "blessing of Jacob" described in chapter 49 of Genesis, but, unlike its model, this work contains lengthy moral exhortations based on the supposed sin or virtue of each patriarch.