Conscientious Quotes

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I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
They asked if I knew what 'conscientious objector' meant. I told them that when the white man asked me to go off somewhere and fight… — Malcolm X
Until we have a natural, that is, a conscientious world, it cannot be known by experience what natural law will do for the gratification of… — Joseph Cook
To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in… — Sarah Ellis
The history of science teaches only too plainly the lesson that no single method is absolutely to be relied upon, that sources of error lurk… — John William Strutt
A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything which one attempts… — William Matthews
Conscientious and careful physicians allocate causes of disease to natural laws, while the ablest scientists go back to medicine for their first principles. — Aristotle
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland
I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It… — Martin Sheen
A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood. — George McGovern
Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand… — Mahatma Gandhi
I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a personality of its… — Paul Auster
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of… — James E. Faust
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. — Herodotus
In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen ...… — James A. Garfield
Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one book read aloud,… — L. Tom Perry
For most people, self-awareness and self-pity blossom simultaneously in early adolescence. It's about that time that we start viewing the world as something other than… — Tom Robbins
He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within… — Ulysses S. Grant
The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor. — Washington Allston

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