Conscience Quotes

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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet… — Francis of Assisi
I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tender environmentalist conscience, but… — David Attenborough
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is… — Walter Bagehot
Modesty is the conscience of the body. — Honore de Balzac
Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it. — Honore de Balzac
Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is… — Jean Baudrillard
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into… — Ingmar Bergman
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. — Ambrose Bierce
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free… — Bono
In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience. — Bono
People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their… — Eli Broad
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be… — Charlotte Bronte
A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your… — Pam Brown
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. — Jean de la Bruyere
I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early. — Octavia Butler
I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things. — Octavia Butler
It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us. — Samuel Butler
Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to… — Kirk Cameron

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