Doing The Right Thing Quotes by Benjamin Franklin, Shane Warne, Bruce Rauner, Rene Girard, Michael Franti, Jimmy Graham and many others.
For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you’ll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you’ll have a bad day where you’re really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, ‘Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?’
I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother – they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.
I also like to get out there to promote a positive message about the importance of family and faith and of doing the right thing.
The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society.
It’s like, whether or not you’re humiliated or embarrassed or you do well is contingent on the choices that you make in your work. So that is a lot of pressure to be like, ‘Oh no, am I doing the right thing? Am I doing something cool? Am I doing something bad?’
Is safety a business imperative? Yes. But is it also the right thing to do? Yes. And it’s important for companies to increasingly find that by doing the right thing, they’re fulfilling their business imperative.
There is no reason why any legitimate caller should be spoofing an unassigned or invalid number. And providers shouldn’t be sued for doing the right thing by blocking illegitimate spoofing.
People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.
You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing, protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.
I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I’ve learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do.
When it comes to public policy, doing the right thing is more important than doing it for the right reason. The best way to get people to do what’s right collectively is to make it the best thing for them to do individually. You have to give individuals a personal incentive to do what’s right for society.
I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I’m working with. If I’ve got no confidence in what I’m doing and they don’t provide me with some assurance that we’re doing the right thing then I bully people. I’m a horrible bully.
There’s so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I’ve got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father – and how come that’s not as newsworthy?
I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning‘s foundation, Alicia Keys‘ foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can’t survive here more than minutes if you’re not equipped properly and doing the right thing all the time.
Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. When it comes to character, you dont have to be sick to get better. Its easier for a good person to get better than for a bad person to get good.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
We’ve got to ride the global-warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy.
Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.
Remember, it is not about luck. It is about doing the right things the right way.
Consumers used to think they had to compromise with solar. It was, ‘Okay, I’m doing the right thing for the environment; it’s cool to see the panels. I have to compromise on the cost and convenience side.’ And now they no longer have to. On the cost side, it’s cheaper, and on the convenience side, we set it all up.
I think you have to be when you own your own business. I’m looking at the new No Limit as being a legacy. It’s incredible that we’ve been able to build this up and survive over ten years and we are doing the right thing by maintaining.
If you’re the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If you’re that kind of person, you’ll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for something that never happens. Then, you die a boring old man.
Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.
The greatest bad guys, you understand where they’re coming from. They believe they’re doing the right thing. Sometimes it’s for greed, sometimes it’s for other reasons, but they are what they call the center of good. They always believe they’re doing the right thing.
There’s never one “ding-dong” moment.You never know for sure if you’re doing the right thing. Things don’t end all at once.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!
Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.
Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.
Integrity means doing the right thing, especially when no one is watching.
What is initiative? I’ll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.
It’s always fun to play the innocent, no matter what you’re doing. If you feel like you’re doing the right thing, you can get away with a lot comedically. I had definitely missed not having a conscience.
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.
After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn’t bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it’s a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it’s sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we’re doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.
If you have to do it, then you’re doing the right thing.
If you are making smart decisions and doing the right things in the correct order and dedicating yourself to something, the success is inevitable.
I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
I became a villain for doing the right thing.
Doing the right thing because you love someone sucks sometimes.
If you think you are doing the right thing, if you think you are on the right path, never be bullied. I’ve been bullied and I can tell you that I am one woman facing this system, patriarchy.
Politics isn’t just about doing the right thing. It’s also about winning.
Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
You can have the best of intentions and think you’re doing the right thing but you fall down when you’re going against your own instinct.
If Wikileaks didn’t resolve that question for folks – at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We’re living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.
Forgiveness is not a matter of who is right or wrong. It is a matter of doing the right thing.
But often, it’s easier to resist temptation with distraction, or to be so inculcated in doing the right thing that it’s automatic, outside the frontal cortex’s portfolio – Then it isn’t the harder thing, it’s the only thing you can do.
I don’t know how we can fix a world where people have been so convinced that they are doing the right thing out of compassion and love and trying to help people when it is absolute poison. When it is absolutely destructive.
IF YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU’RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
The worst thing you can do is nothing.
Success is doing the right thing for who you are.
When you’re winning, your confidence is through the roof, but when you’re losing, that self-doubt is like, ‘Am I doing the right thing?’
Everyone likes a bit of variety. I’m sure none of my readers only want to read about anti-heroes or villainous protagonists any more than they only want to read about square-jawed heroes doing the right thing. I just write characters than entertain me and hope they’ll be ones that other people want to read about, too.
Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence.
Football is definitely a team sport. Without one person doing the right thing, the whole team falls. At Navy and in lacrosse, the off-the-field leadership comes into play, you know so if one person is slacking off, weВ’ve got everyone making sure everyone is pulling their own weight. ItВ’s like that in football too.
I believe that doing the right thing will not only create the best culture and the best product, but you’ll also make the most money – even if you’re making decisions that lose you money in the short term.
I’ll keep doing the right things and the results will come
The performances had to be live. When you play it back, you can see if the hands aren’t really doing the right thing, and then the whole magic falls apart.
I continually ask myself if a decision I’m about to make falls short in the eyes of God or my family or my colleagues. It’s actually a pretty simple litmus test: am I doing the right thing or not? The answer is generally an easy one.
Trust doesn’t develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.
You know, there’s nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you’re doing, yourself, if you figure you’re doing the right thing.
Doing the right thing doesn’t always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.
It’s all very Italian (and decidedly un-American): to insist that doing the right thing is the most pleasurable thing, and that the act of consumption might be an act of addition rather than subtraction.
Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.
Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.
Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.
I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.
I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.
Do the right thing because it is right.
The race for Quality has no finish line – so technically, it’s more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
With villains you always have to understand what motivates them. Most people don’t just think they’re evil. They believe or know they are doing the right thing because of the circumstances they find themselves in. Or they are overwhelmed by circumstances and can’t stop what they’ll do next.
Being productive and being busy are not necessarily the same thing. Doing things won’t create your success; doing the right things will.
We don’t live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.