Quotes with conscience-stricken

Quotes 61 till 80 of 176.

  • Jeremy Taylor He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • D'Avenant Honor is the moral conscience of the great.
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  • Lillian Hellman I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
    Lillian Hellman
    American playwright (1905 - 1984)
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  • Martin Luther I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
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  • Anita Hill I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Thomas Paine I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Anne Frank I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Martin Luther King I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Dean William R. Inge I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.
    Dean William R. Inge
    Dean of St Paul's, London (1860 - 1954)
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  • William Butler Yeats I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Jonathan Miller I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity.
    Jonathan Miller
    English theatre and opera actor, author and television presenter (1934 - )
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  • Bernard Cornwell I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • St. Francis of Assisi If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
    St. Francis of Assisi
    Italian saint, founder of the Franciscan monastic order (1182 - 1226)
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  • Antonin Scalia If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless.
    Antonin Scalia
    American jurist (1936 - 2016)
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  • Thomas De Quincey In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.
    Thomas De Quincey
    British writer (1785 - 1859)
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  • Robert Hall In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
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  • William Congreve In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • Bono In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Cal Thomas In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
    Cal Thomas
    American columnist and author (1942 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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