The universal elements are integrity, vision, discipline, passion, governed by conscience. Conscience has been educated through studying and pondering the universal, timeless… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“He could not help a certain resentment that a conscience seemed to be so very expensive, and yet had no substantial form… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
We lie to ourselves in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
But if there be an hereafter,And that there is, conscience, uninfluenc'dAnd suffer'd to speak out, tells every man,Then must it be an… — Robert Blair Copy Share Image
I think that documentaries are bound by journalistic ethics, and I think they have the pressure of trying to entertain someone for… — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Copy Share Image
Conscience is the spiritual, supernatural principle in man, and it is not of social origin at all. It is rather the perversion… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
If you come to me and say, 'Hey look I'm a racist,' or 'I discriminate against blacks,' or 'I don't like you… — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sufis have always been those that have tried to purify the ethics of Islam and society. And they don't have their hands… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
The very power of [textbook writers] depends on the fact that they are dealing with a boy: a boy who thinks he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some of my understanding of what philosophy and ethics is has changed very slowly. One thing that has changed is this for… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
No science of any kind can be divorced from ethical considerations... Science is a human learning process which arises in certain subcultures… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
“Not only to myself or before the mirror or at the hour of my death, which I hope will be long in… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
...if we allow ourselves contemplative time in nature-whether it's gardening, going for a walk with the dog, or being in the heart… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
When it comes to deep and difficult ethical matters - such as the relation of an individual to God, or, I think,… — Alison Assiter Copy Share Image
“Our gods, if we choose to believe in them, must be forced to live up to ethics that far surpass our own… — Stifyn Emrys Copy Share Image
The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If not for that of conscience, yet at least for ambition's sake, let us reject ambition, let us disdain that thirst of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I write both at home and at coffee shops, and I have a terrible work ethic - I have a tendency to… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
'Wherefore, brethren, thus must ye train yourselves : Liberation of the will through love will develop, we will often practice it, we… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“You may give them your love, but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“There is no check-box for ethical leadership. It is an ongoing individual and organizational journey. We will never know everything that there… — Linda Fisher Thornton Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Some of us find our way with a single light to guide us; others lose themselves even when the star field is… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
“Would you agree," he said, "that man's sole duty is to produce as much pleasure as possible?" "Only if the pleasure produced… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share Image
From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness,-a system in which the two… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
O beautiful for spacious skies, . . . O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country… — Katharine Lee Bates Copy Share Image
There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The experience of previous years leads to one conclusion: there is one morality in politics and another for economy. In the years… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
“Morally it may be better to not kill any creature for their flesh, but biologically, meat was one of the greatest factors… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law.… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes… — Dianne Holum Copy Share Image
Instead of playing heroes and righteous people, I'd rather portray characters with problems of conscience who have to lie, to betray, and… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image