moral compass quotes

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we’ve done or we’re about to do. At times like this, it’s wise to prayerfully consider whether we’re offending God with our actions.

The conscience can be a strong guide in life if we allow it.

Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own moral compass – then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn’t be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.