Bo Bennett Quotes

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.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

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

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 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

I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.

In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.

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

I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future.

Go by your own conscience.

A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.

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

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.

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

There's a voice inside children that knows right from wrong. I call it listening to your inner Jiminy Cricket. I tell my daughter, 'If you're thinking this is not the best idea, it probably isn't.'

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

I always try to follow my moral compass.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!