Dante Alighieri Quotes

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

I believe you have to nurture your conscience.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

There’s nothing more important than people’s conscience and there’s nothing that needs more protection.

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience.

You have to follow your moral compass: it's a good guide of telling you what is right and wrong.

I have only ever followed my conscience.

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.

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe

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

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

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

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

I do what I think is right.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

I'm just doing what my conscience asks me to do.

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

I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future.

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.

You just have to do what you know is right.