Christina Quotes

My conscience is clear.

A conscientious man ought not to regard what may happen to him in this world.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

My future is righteousness.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

… knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

The more you talk about - and live by - your principles, the harder it will be for others to treat you in a morally ambiguous manner.

My job is to do what's right. And that's what I'm going to try and do.

Not to be cowardly when it comes to our own actions! Not to leave them in the lurch!--The sting of conscience is indecent.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

A clear conscience is a sure card.

Fear is the mother of morality.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.