Jess Walter Quotes

Can we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?

Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would permit, rather ungraciously perhaps, the indulgence of a number of carefully selected desires.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

I really wanted to be nasty and mean and bad. It's so much easier than being the good girl.

You must always do what you feel is right.

I do what I think is right.

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

I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.

I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.

We are never like angels till our passion dies.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

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

I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

The better day, the worse deed.

I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it's about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we've done - or failed to do - with our personal values.

I could answer that the way you want, but I'd hate myself in the morning.

Even though I'm young, I really try to do the right thing.

I believe in doing the right things; that is my character and personality.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.

I want in all cases to do right.

If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty.

Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.