The Right Thing Quotes

My parents were big supporters of me going to college. It was the right thing for me to do. But it was the toughest decision I had to make.

The Next Right Thing has humanity, humor, and insight to burn. Author Dan Barden takes the clay of the California hard-boiled novel and shapes it into something new.

I wish I could be the guy who did the right thing at every time but unfortunately, that's not the case.

No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25 million people we liberated.

I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.

All the exaggerations are right, if they exaggerate the right thing.

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost.

I seem to be incapable of playing that guy that always does the right thing, who always responds well in any circumstance.

Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness

At a certain point, you have to convince the actors that you've done the right thing. The way I work, if I can't convince them, I've got to move on. I can't coerce them or browbeat them.

I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But it doesn’t last forever. Wakefulness always comes to take me back.

America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave.

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

The leaders in Washington have got to come together in a bipartisan way and do the right thing for the people who are being left behind. We cannot have an America that is only based on the wealthy.

What is all your studying worth, all your learning, all your knowledge, if it doesn't lead to wisdom? And what's wisdom but knowing what is right, and what is the right thing to do?

For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're just trying to do the right thing.

You don't like to have people believing that you're doing the wrong thing which is why we're trying to make sure that people recognise that we do the right thing.

Many people have a very hard time truly believing that doing the right thing by others, striving to serve them to the greatest extent, can actually be a competitive advantage.

There's a right thing to do," Holden said. "You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.

There's a lot of people I'd love to work with at some point, but I think the song has to be the right thing. It has to be the right fit.

If the right thing comes along and you get an opportunity to be a part of something you believe in, and you think it's cool and want to put your name on it, then you should.

If you put the right things into the universe, the right things will come to you.

To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful.

The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.

I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe - but are the right thing to do.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

[Superman and Lois are] kindred spirits, and they always choose to do the right thing.

When u have this spirit of excellence, u do the right thing always :even if no one is watching you.

Just because you have a right to do something in America does not mean it is the right thing to do.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

Sometimes I think it's a lack of knowing the areas. Obviously, everybody knows that health is important so that's - but why was I not doing the right thing? Because I was deceived.

Nothing's wrong. Everything's right. Things couldn't be righter. Things could be less tired. They could be less busy. They could be less caffeinated. But they couldn't be righter.

I have said for a long time that I thought the president would be best served if the attorney general resigned so I think it's the right thing to do.

The trick isn't so much creating the right thing; the trick is finding the right networks.

Do the right thing. Not just when it's convenient for you, but all the time. Words to live by.

Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first.

To write is to right things. A path will emerge.

Sometimes everyone does the right thing and there's still a mess left to clean up. Someone has to take responsibility for it.

I am all too human, I don't always do the right thing, so how can I expect others to perform perfectly on the issues that are my top priority?

If you have to do it, then you're doing the right thing.

A nice thing about war-not that anything about war is nice, I guess-is that while it's going on and you're in it, you never worry about doing the right thing.

There's often more than one correct thing. There's often more than one right thing. There's often more than one obvious thing.

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.

Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.

And they are beginning to realize that the world they live in is a place where the right thing is often hard, sometimes dangerous, and frequently unpopular.

I always do the wrong. I do the wrong thing so much that the times I actually do the right thing stand out so brightly in my memory that I forget I always do the wrong thing.

None of [candidates] are saying the right thing to save America. She is in deep trouble. Hillary [Clinton] will take you there, [Donald] Trump will take you there.

I don’t demand that all work be a masterpiece. What I am doing is the right thing for me - that is what I am and this is living. It reflects me and I reflect it.

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.