This feeling of guilt is your conscience calling your attention to the higher road, and your heart wishing you had taken it.

Guilt does for the conscience—for the spirit—what pain does for the body. It is meant to grab your attention, to make you stop and consider your actions in order to prevent further damage done to yourself.

Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending.

A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any other choice.