Barack Obama Quotes

It's your own conscience That is gonna remind you That it's your heart and nobody else's That is gonna judge.

Think before you act and act on what you believe.

Life is not just about profit and loss. One should follow one's conscience and listen to the voice of one's soul.

I'm not a perfect human being by any stretch of the imagination. But there is always this little voice inside of me that keeps me where I know I need to be.

I think the terminology I would use is 'a continuous process of reflection'. I've always thought of only two questions that have mattered to me personally. One is what is really needed in the world and the second is what's really important to me and how these two intersect. It's always been a reflective process - spiraling around these two poles.

I just listened to that inner voice. By the way, it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime

Conscience, the power of conscience, can unearth all kinds of things.

It's very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don't know what your value system is, then you don't know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

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.

Do what in your heart you know is right. It is easy to get caught up in your ambitions, but no job is worth not being true to yourself.

I know what I've done, and I know who I am.

You can have the best of intentions and think you're doing the right thing but you fall down when you're going against your own instinct.

The only real mistake here is ignoring the inner voice.

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.

Somewhere, right at the bottom of one’s own being, one generally does know where one should go and what one should do. But there are times when the clown we call “I” behaves in such a distracting fashion that the inner voice cannot make its presence felt.

Don’t do what you know on a gut level to be the wrong thing to doI don’t think there’s a single dumbass thing I’ve done in my adult life that I didn’t know was a dumbass thing to do while I was doing it. Even when I justified it to myself—as I did every damn time—the truest part of me knew I was doing the wrong thing. Always. As the years pass, I’m learning how to better trust my gut and not do the wrong thing, but every so often I get a harsh reminder that I’ve still got work to do.

Always listen to the voice of your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

Tell my brother to remember his heart in all things. That is where his honor and his destiny will be found. Tell him.

He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise, The inward monitor obeys. And with the boldness that confuses fear Takes in the crowded sail, and lets his conscience steer.

I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write.