Quotes about Conscience
Govern well thy appetite, lest sin surprise thee, and her black attendant, Death.
— John Milton
When we are duly apprized of our absolute dependence upon him and of our obligations to him as our Creator, Benefactor, and Lawgiver, sin will appear exceedingly sinful, and will bring a burden upon the conscience, which can only be removed by faith in the Redeemer.
— John Newton
He that hath slight thoughts of sin never had great thoughts of God.
— John Owen
The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up and condemns us, where will we turn? We turn to Christ. We turn to the suffering and death of Christ—the blood of Christ. This is the only cleansing agent in the universe that can give the conscience relief in life and peace in death.
— John Piper
The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.
— John Piper
Good people avoid sin because they love goodness, Wicked people avoid sin because they fear punishment.
— John Wesley
Religion to Be a Part of Home Education—Home religion is fearfully neglected. Men and women show much interest in foreign missions. They give liberally to them and thus seek to satisfy their conscience, thinking that giving to the cause of God will atone for their neglect to set a right example in the home. But the home is their special field, and no excuse is accepted by God for neglecting this field.
— Ellen White
The greatest want of the world is the want of men-men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
— Ellen White
The Constitution of the United States guarantees liberty of conscience . Nothing is dearer or more fundamental.
— Ellen White
In the judgment men will not be condemned because they conscientiously believed a lie, but because they did not believe the truth, because they neglected the opportunity of learning what is truth. Notwithstanding the sophistry of Satan to the contrary, it is always disastrous to disobey God.
— Ellen White
I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Do not suffer your good nature ... to say yes when you ought to say no; remember that it is a public not a private cause that is to be injured or benefitted by your choice
— George Washington