Conscience Quotes

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To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven. — Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against… — William Tyndale
The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful… — Yehudi Menuhin
All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. — Hosea Ballou
We must look at the institution of slavery as publicists, and not as casuists. It is a question of law, and not a case of… — Roger Brooke Taney
Every religion is goodâ€”every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it. — Daniel O'Connell
Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together. — Rajiv Gandhi
So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my… — Sara Gruen
A psychopath can tell what you're thinking but what they don't do is feel what you feel. These are people without a conscience. — Robert D. Hare
The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for… — Ezra Stiles
Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures… — Robert Southey
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can… — Harriet Martineau
Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the… — William Laud
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules… — George Herbert
He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose… — Thomas a Kempis
Living through the 1929 Great Depression helped shape my social conscience. During this time, I realized the earth was still the same place, manufacturing plants… — Jacque Fresco
There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul. — Vikram Chatwal
A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with… — C. Wright Mills
Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author's own conscience. — Anton Chekhov
Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. — Robert Peel

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