Quotes about Conduct
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
— Samuel Johnson
The intelligent man, who exploits available resources for knowledge of the needs and wants of his fellows, will be more inclined to adjust his conduct to their needs than those who are less intelligent.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
It is a palpable error of some ministers, who make such a disproportion between their preaching and their living; who study hard to preach exactly, and study little or not at all to live exactly.
— Richard Baxter
Good ends will not justify evil actions. What
— Richard Baxter
The whole conduct of a Christian is nothing else but knowledge reduced to will, affection and practice.
— Richard Sibbes
While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
— Marcus Aurelius
Nor is it only in prophane history that instances like these are to be found, of persons committing the greatest crimes with a sincere conviction of the rectitude of their conduct. Scripture will afford us parallels; and it was surely to guard us against the very error which we have been now exposing, that our blessed Saviour forewarned his disciples: "The time cometh, that whosoever [Pg 13] killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
— William Wilberforce
There is no real excellence in all this world that can be separated from the right living.
— David Starr Jordan
Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, doing as you say you would do.
— Roy Bennett
That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it.
— Dick Cheney
It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
— George Bernard Shaw
God values Christian character, which shines in positive, outward conduct. Fashion your heart after Jesus.
— Elizabeth George