Quotes about Conduct

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.

I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

Anywhere you can lead your life, you can lead a good one.

Stoicism stressed the search for inner peace and ethical certainty despite the apparent chaos of the external world by emulating in one's personal conduct the underlying orderliness and lawfulness of nature.

Our conduct is not the basis for our salvation, but is influenced by our salvation.

While men are rational creatures they are justly accountable for all they do, whatever the disposition of their hearts.

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.

Some of the greatest Christians I know are people who don't actually have a kind of faith system that they believe in. But, in their activity, the way they conduct themselves, there's a goodness there.

I am convinced that fine art is the subtlest, the most seductive, the most effective instrument of moral propaganda in the world, excepting only the example of personal conduct; and I waive even this exception in favor of the art of the stage, because it works by exhibiting examples of personal conduct made intelligible and moving to crowds of unobservant, unreflecting people to whom real life means nothing.