Showing posts with label Conscience Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conscience Quotes. Show all posts

Thus conscience does make cowa...

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.
~William Shakespeare~

There is one thing alone that ...

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.
~Euripides~

There is no pillow so soft as ...

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
~French proverb~

The voice of conscience is so ...

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
~Germaine De Stael~

The conscience is the most fle...

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.
~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton~

Shame arises from the fear of ...

Shame arises from the fear of man; conscience from the fear of God.
~Samuel Johnson~

Nor ear can hear nor tongue ca...

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell!
~Lord Byron~

Liberty of conscience (when pe...

Liberty of conscience (when people have consciences) is rightly considered the most indispensable of liberties.
~Haddon Chambers~

If you look into your own hear...

If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is there to fear?
~Confucius~

Conscience reigns but it does ...

Conscience reigns but it does not govern.
~Paul Valery~

Conscience is thoroughly well-...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred, and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
~Samuel Butler~

Conscience is but a word that ...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe.
~William Shakespeare~

Conscience is a sacred sanctua...

Conscience is a sacred sanctuary where God alone may enter as judge.
~Felicite Robert de Lamennais~

Conscience is a mother-in-law ...

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
~H. L. Mencken~

Conscience is a man's compass....

Conscience is a man's compass.
~Vincent van Gogh~

Conscience is a cur that will ...

Conscience is a cur that will let you get past it but that you cannot keep from barking.
~Anonymous~