Top 44 Conscientious Quotes

To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front.

I’ve never had a teenage rebellion; I’m not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

It isn’t safe to go to the parks. Toxic chemicals ruin the air and water. There is vandalism, even crime, and conscientious park personnel are demoralized.

The high esteem in which the Nobel Prizes are held is undoubtedly due to the conscientious way in which the Committees have discharged a heavy responsibility.

You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I’m still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.

What I’ve learned over the years… judges are conscientious… not like lawyers, who give opinions.

Somebody who has been in a very bad wreck is going to be very conscientious about not speeding through a yellow light… You just learn so many good lessons when you go through a failed marriage.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

No one wanted me to be a conscientious objector. My parents certainly didn’t want it. My teacher and mentor, Joe Brearley, didn’t want it. My friends didn’t want it. I was alone.

I have many friends of other religions, and I am satisfied that they are very conscientious, good people who are trying to do good. I appreciate that.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.

Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation, for, with a little conscientious research, we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.

To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what’s not working and challenge it. You riff on things.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it’s really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

And, when it comes to politics, it can be awfully difficult to put your desires aside and to acknowledge that the world is a much messier place, where open-minded people might be conservative and liberals may well be conscientious.

I’m interested in humor, and greeting cards just happen to be a perfect medium for my message. They’re accessible to everyone, and thanks to all the advances that have been made by environmentally conscientious printers, I can get my message across while keeping my carbon footprint relatively small.

I was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.

Periodically, ‘The New York Times’ runs a business news story lamenting how few women still make it to the top in the Wall Street boys’ club. Could it be that women are choosing to be conscientious objectors in these wars of one against all?

I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.

Anderson Cooper is fine. He is a smart, conscientious guy, and he seems to want his show to produce and highlight good journalism. But he also seems to want to replace Regis, or maybe even Oprah.

I naturally eat well. I’m conscientious about what I’m eating.

If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge of your obligations to your fellow men.

I decided I wanted to go to Cambridge, and then I got introduced to Fred Sanger. I was very conscientious, and I asked him when I first got there if I should start reading up on things. But he said, ‘No, I think you can just start these experiments,’ so I plunged right in.

I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against participating in war. I was sentenced to three years in federal prison because I could not religiously and conscientiously accept killing my fellow man.

I think I’m very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected.

The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.

I want everybody to run at the same speed as me. But some people are more conscientious, they think more and they plan more. And they’re more careful.

I was nervous from the very beginning, and it got worse as the years went on. I was conscientious and wanted to do more, always, than I was able. I don’t think, when I was playing, that I was ever happy – beginning at 4 o’clock any afternoon.

Ever since boyhood I’ve made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise.

Conscientious people like structure, so for them, a solution to immigration should be orderly, and a wall embodied that.

I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn’t like them but they’ll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format.

There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940’s, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It sounds outright bland, but people here in Indiana want conscientious public servants who have deep convictions but are prepared to work across the aisle when possible.

I’ve always been conscientious and hardworking. I’ve never wasted time.

I never step upon a stage without asking myself whether I will succeed in finishing the opera. The fact is that a conscientious singer is never sure of himself or of anything. He is ever in the hands of Destiny.

I believe in conscientious capitalism; that’s a kind of driving force with me.

I was a very conscientious student.

Conscientious people are self-disciplined, hard workers who spend the least amount of time on Facebook.