Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Conscience Quotes

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without...

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without...

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his...

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his...

It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different...

It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different...

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common...

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...