A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. —Doug Larson More about this quote Tags: memory regret conscience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? —Eleanor Roosevelt More about this quote Tags: conscience suffering misery revenge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does. —Evan Esar More about this quote Tags: children conscience family parents girls boys Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The needle of our conscience is as good a compass as any. —Ruth Wolff More about this quote Tags: morality conscience direction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. —H. L. Mencken More about this quote Tags: conscience voice looking observation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The real existence of an enemy upon whom one can foist off everything evil is an enormous relief to one's conscience. You can then at least say, without hesitation, who the devil is; you are quite certain that the cause of your misfortune is outside, and not in your own attitude. —Carl Jung More about this quote Tags: evil conscience attitude misfortune enemy relief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. Finally it reaches the opponent and so stirs his conscience that reconciliation becomes a reality. —Martin Luther King Jr. More about this quote Tags: strength hearts change conscience respect nonviolence courage oppression self-respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My conscience aches, but it's going to lose the fight. —Allanah Myles More about this quote Tags: conscience fighting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. —Leo Tolstoy More about this quote Tags: time conscience reason suicide Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: morality conscience men wives Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. —Harper Lee More about this quote Tags: democracy conscience popularity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A clear conscience is a good pillow. —American Proverb More about this quote Tags: conscience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: conscience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: conscience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. —Benjamin Franklin More about this quote Tags: conscience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email