100 Conscience Quotes

The Power of Conscience

1. «There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.» – Sophocles
2. «The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still, small voice of conscience.» – Mahatma Gandhi
3. «A clear conscience is a soft pillow.» – German Proverb
4. «Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.» – H.L. Mencken
5. «Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.» – George Washington

Listening to Your Conscience

6. «The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still, small voice within me.» – Mahatma Gandhi
7. «Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.» – Albert Einstein
8. «Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.» – Richard Bach
9. «The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it, but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.» – Madame de Staël
10. «No man can be happy without a clean conscience.» – Napoleon Bonaparte

Conscience & Moral Responsibility

11. «A guilty conscience needs no accuser.» – Proverb
12. «The softest pillow is a clear conscience.» – Unknown
13. «He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.» – Chinese Proverb
14. «There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.» – Martin Luther King Jr.
15. «Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.» – Evan Esar

The Struggles of Conscience

16. «The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.» – John Calvin
17. «The only thing more tormenting than a guilty conscience is the knowledge of having no conscience at all.» – Unknown
18. «A quiet conscience makes one strong.» – Anne Frank
19. «Conscience is a dog that does not stop barking.» – Proverb
20. «Let your conscience be your compass.» – Unknown