Conscience Quotes

1795 quotes by 1129 authors

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! — William Shakespeare
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought — William Shakespeare
Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; they are truly himself. The man who says that we have no innate ideas must be… — William Blake
You carve out the organization's character through your daily choices. You shape its conscience as you exercise your own. — Price Pritchett
We can't achieve excellence through talent alone. Or merely by making technological improvements. We can't even buy our way to excellence, no matter how much… — Price Pritchett
Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial. — Neal A. Maxwell
Conscience is a just but weak judge. Weakness leaves it powerless to execute its judgment. — Khalil Gibran
All a man can betray is his conscience. — Joseph Conrad
Her virtue and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won. — John Milton
A clere conscience is a sure carde. — John Lyly
In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing. — James Russell Lowell
A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and… — Henry Ward Beecher
The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience. — Benjamin Franklin
POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience,… — Ambrose Bierce
PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe],… — Ambrose Bierce
OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury. — Ambrose Bierce
EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort. — Ambrose Bierce
PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it. — Ambrose Bierce
Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts. — Budd Schulberg

Who Wrote These Conscience Quotes

1,129 authors contributed a total of 1,795 Conscience Quotes, led by these top contributors: