Thomas Brooks Quotes

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

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience.

The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.

Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.

The world will never be in any manner of order or tranquility until men are firmly convinced that conscience, honor and credit are all in one interest

Our self-trust is such a subtle thing that it still comes around whispering to us even after we are sure it is gone.

A clear conscience is a sure card.

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

Act with honor, and Honor will aid you

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.

Honesty is better than any policy.

A Warrior trusts other people because, first and foremost, he trusts himself.

We, as human beings, should wish to be loved and embraced for our character, respected and relied on for our courage, and trusted for our conscience.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.

[T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists . . . an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness.

Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt.

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none.

Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

‎"The warrior who trusts his path doesn't need to prove the other is wrong.

Self trust is the essence of heroism.