William Dean Howells Quotes

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.

You must always do what you feel is right.

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

Every man's conscience is vile and depraved / You cannot depend on it to be your guide when it’s you who must keep it satisfied.

You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment.

You got to wrestle with your conscience. You got to listen to people. It doesn't come so easy to me that this is right and that's wrong. It's never that simple.

There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how to make those choices.

I do what I think is right.

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.

Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

Choices of right or wrong are not presented to you in black and white. If they were, I'm sure most people would choose white.

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

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

Go by your own conscience.

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

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

Everybody is grappling with their own moral compass, and that needle, like any needle, can't just stick. It's always floating a little bit, and depending on where you're standing, it's hard to read.

The idea of 'breaking bad' and what that means in terms of the actions and decisions people make, and why they make them - it makes people question themselves in the 'What would I do?' kind of way.

We can't make a decision based on PR value. We have to do what we think is right.