345 quotes found
“Rationalization is foreplay with one's conscience.”
“Another doctrine repugnant to civil society, is that whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin; and it dependeth on the presumption of making himself judge of good and evil. For a man's ...”
“For the second time since meeting her, Echo looked as if I’d slapped her. Water pooled at the bottom edges of her eyes, her cheeks flushed red and she blinked rapidly. She’d succeeded in making me ...”
“...but before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”
“How many times has our conscience firmly prompted us to ‘draw the line,’ and we showed up with an eraser?”
“-“Why do men like you do the job you do? It can’t be for the medals. And it’s certainly not the money.”Stone said nothing.-“Why then? God and country?”-“Both simpler and more complex, Mr. President...”
“What pillow can one have like a good conscience?”
“«In my opinion, it is you considerate, humane men, that are responsible for all the brutality and outrage wrought by these wretches; because, if it were not for your sanction and influence, the who...”
“This is one of those rare moments when, while doing that which it is one's duty to do, one feels something which disconcerts one, and which would dissuade one from proceeding further; one persists,...”
“I cannot kill someone, he thought.”
“...freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others...”
“You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility.”
“There is another life both for you and for me,’ said I. ‘If it be the will of God that we should sow in tears now, it is only that we may reap in joy hereafter. It is His will that we should not in...”
“After breakfast, determined to pass as little of the day as possible in company with Lady Lowborough, I quietly stole away from the company and retired to the library. Mr. Hargrave followed me thit...”
“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
“On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” And Vanity comes along and asks the question, “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks the q...”
“RICH I’m lamenting. I’ve lost my innocence.CROMWELL You lost that some time ago. If you’ve only just noticed, it can’t have been very important to you.”
“Don't mistake dramatics for a conscience.”
“Wounds sustained for the sake of conscience carry their own balsam with the blow.”
“A Gentleman's agreement cannot be broken without breaking the person who has entered into it.”
