Quotes about Conduct
When a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old enough to do right also.
— Oscar Wilde
It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
— George Bernard Shaw
While men are rational creatures they are justly accountable for all they do, whatever the disposition of their hearts.
— AW Pink
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
— DL Moody
Etiquette is the stuff you gotta do just 'cause that's how everyone else does it. Like holding your fork in your left hand, or saying 'Bless you' if someone sneezes. Manners is treating people with respect.
— Tana French
You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
— Leviticus 18:11
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
— Deuteronomy 22:14
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
— Tertullian
The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes an answer in a given situation as no mere rule can do.
— Elisabeth Elliot
The conduct of a losing party never appears right: at least it never can possess the only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgements-success.
— Edmund Burke
Character is what a man is in the dark.
— DL Moody