Evelyn Underhill Quotes

My faith is my life. It defines me. My faith doesn’t influence my decisions; it drives them.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.

Go by your own conscience.

I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can.

I always try to follow my moral compass.

I have a very powerful belief structure. I'm very spiritual. I'm not religious but I am spiritual.

My mum's got morals and principles, and I've been brought up with those ideas and beliefs.

Sometimes we forge our own principles and sometimes we accept others' principles, or holistic packages of principles, such as religion and legal systems. While it isn't necessarily a bad thing to use others' principles - it's difficult to come up with your own, and often much wisdom has gone into those already created - adopting pre-packaged principles without much thought exposes you to the risk of inconsistency with your true values.

Right and wrong as moral principles do not change. They are applicable and reliable determinants whether the situations with which we deal are simple or complicated. There is always a right and wrong to every question which requires our solution.

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act, but I went at it and did what I thought fit. I have often reproached myself for my want of principle.

As she read the ten commandments for the first time, a Chinese woman said, "I don't see how anyone can very well get on without them."

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.

Conscience is the spiritual, supernatural principle in man, and it is not of social origin at all. It is rather the perversion and confusion of conscience that is of social origin.

A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.

Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?