<p>Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money, fame or power?</p>
<p>According to a recently-conducted survey, more than 65%of participants indicate that they are usually driven by lucrative factors, such as money, power, and fame to work rather than conscience. As for me, however, I strongly believe that conscience should always come first and acts as the most powerful motivator.</p>
<p>Florence Nightingale can serve as a typical example. Born into a opulent family, Florence received high education t an early age. Surprisingly, unlike her family members or friends, Florence didnt enjoy her extravagant life or staying and talking with her friends all day about current fashion or lives of the upper class. Instead, she cared about poor people and she tried her best to help them. She managed to persuade her parents to allow her to study in nursery school. After that, she worked in the front line and set up schools for future nurses. There is no denial that Florence did all these things simple because of her conscience and her love for other people. She could have led a luxury life as her sisters did, but she didnt care about money or fame, for she understood that neither money nor fame could last as long as her good deeds for others. Whats more, she gained nothing from helping others. Obviously, it was her conscience that motivated her to give up her comfortable and cozy life to apply for such hard and tiring job. Thanks to her great contribution, nurses, once considered menial and shameful, turned into an admirable and respectable vocation.</p>
<p>Abraham Lincoln can serve as another typical example. One day, when he was walking on the street, he noticed how brutally a slave owner mistreated and forced his slaves to work. Lincoln was greatly shocked and was truly sympathetic towards those poor people. With the ambition to help and free slaves, Lincoln tried his best to persuade the slave owners later in his political career. He contributed a great deal to the end of slavery, saving tens of thousands of people, which was an extraordinary triumph. Conscience, indeed, is a powerful motivator. Lincoln, if motivated by money, fame or power, wouldnt have taken the risk of freeing slaves and vexing those powerful slave owners. He could ignore the slave problem and enjoy his fame and power as a president, rather than putting his life at risk. It is his conscience that drove him to devote himself to the happiness of his people.</p>
<p>Based on the above example, we can safely conclude that conscience is indeed a more powerful motivator. Additionally, it leads people to right direction, which is beneficial to both the world and themselves. People tend to remember those who are motivated by their consciences to devote themselves to better the world rather than those, who are driven by money or fame to do misdeeds that harm others.</p>
<p>thank you very much for helping me~:)</p>