Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.

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

A clear conscience is a sure card.

You just have to do what you know is right.

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

Conscience: something that feels terrible when everything else feels well.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

We cannot avert our eyes without staining our souls.

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

I do what I think is right.

My conscience is clear.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Conscience? Great souls do not worry themselves with such little details

Conscience is the most sacred of all property.

There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.