#Conduct Quotes

“Manners are the happy ways of doing things.”

“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.”

“Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.”

“For our discussion is on no trifling matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.”

“Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.”

“Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.”

“Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.”

“Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.”

“They ought to be gentle to their friends and dangerous to their enemies.”

“The superior man is never in anyone's way.”

“One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.”

“It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.”

“A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.”

“The constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct.”

“The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.”

“The safest rule of conduct is to claim kinship when we want to do service and not to insist on kinship when we want to assert a right.”

“For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.”

“Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.”

“Therefore: In dwelling, choose modest quarters, in thinking, value stillness, in dealing with others, be kind, in choosing words, be sincere, in leading, be just, in working, be competent, in acting, choose the correct timing. Follow these words and there will be no error.”

“In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful”

“This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.”

“A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.”

“It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.”

“Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.”

“The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.”

“No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.”

“He who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage.”

“In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.”

“Behave simply and hold on to purity.”

“Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.”

“When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.”

“A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.”

“Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by it.”

“It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.”

“When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.”

“The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.”

“Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

“If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?”

“The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.”

“There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.”

“Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.”

“The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in his looks he is careful to be kind, in his manner to be respectful, in his words to be sincere, in his work to be diligent. When in doubt he is careful to ask for information; when angry he has a care for the consequences; and when he sees a chance for gain, he thinks carefully whether the pursuits of it would be right.”

“In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.”

“Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.”

“Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.”

“Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.”

“A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.”

“How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'”

“There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious.”

“If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.”