Thomas Huxley Quotes

I have learned that a clear conscience, or a legal opinion, does not make you ethically bullet proof.

Conscience is a judge in every man's breast, which none can cheat or corrupt, and perhaps the only incorrupt thing about him; yet, inflexible and honest as this judge is (however polluted the bench on which he sits), no man can, in my opinion, enjoy any applause which is not there adjudged to be his due.

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise, I have not gathered together what I have been given; I have not embraced what I have learned; I lack my own conviction.

It is the responsibility of every human to know their actions and the consequences of their actions and to ask questions and to question things when they are wrong.

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.

I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times.

In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.

You must always do what you feel is right.

I do what I think is right.

Ethical is 'I'll wait and do what's right even in the hardest times and even if I have to give up gains to do it.'

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.

Obama hates selling. He thinks people should just accept the right thing to do.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

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

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

People will judge you according to your own convictions.

Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.

I believe in pursuing my own morality. That is all I have ever stuck by. It is my own morality that really matters.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.

But no man has a monopoly of conscience.

We are all responsible for our actions and our failures to act.

The issue is not whether or not we can stand with the President. It is whether, at the end of the day, we can stand with ourselves.