Francis Bacon Quotes

A sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.

Get a good team and do what you think is right.

There are a lot of smart people in politics and government, but character matters ... it is terribly important that the two be melded.

Lord Melbourne entirely agrees with your Majesty about appointments. He knows, as your Majesty does from experience, that with all the claims which there are to satisfy, with all the prejudices which are to be encountered, and with all the interests which require to be reconciled, it is impossible to select the best men, or even always those properly qualified.

A Prince who will not undergo the Difficulty of Understanding, must undergo the Danger of Trusting.

When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice.

An important quality for a President of the United States is to make decisions and live with the consequences of them

… knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul

Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't.

To see the line between being good and bad is really thin. It's not easy for anyone, not the manager, the players or the staff.

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

I continually ask myself if a decision I'm about to make falls short in the eyes of God or my family or my colleagues. It's actually a pretty simple litmus test: am I doing the right thing or not? The answer is generally an easy one.

I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong.

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.