I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.
Doing the right thing for someone else was like a tonic for me; it was like some magic ointment that made a wound disappear.
For me, the litmus test to know whether or not I’m doing the right thing is to examine whether my decisions are love-based or fear-based.
I don’t think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.
I’m riding my man Obama. I think he’s a visionary. Actually, Barack told me the first date he took Michelle to was ‘Do the Right Thing.’ I said, Thank God I made it. Otherwise you would have taken her to ‘Soul Man.’ Michelle would have been like ‘What’s wrong with this brother?’
My biggest challenger was my mom. Every time I didn’t do the right thing, I’d have to see her face.
The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.
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?’
History shows that there is no more potent engine for reform than the passion of voters who feel betrayed by the politicians they hoped would do the right thing.
So, when it comes to eating healthy, it’s just doing the right thing. And it’s not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it’s something you have to do 25 days a month. Let’s put it that way.
I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.
Maybe the biggest award show of the largest entertainment importer in the world needs an economic incentive to embrace diversity. Indeed, maybe we should boycott the show and pressure advertisers to do the same. Or maybe the Academy should learn the lesson of history and change because it’s the right thing to do.
It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do.
They want to do the right thing, most people. For that little core that doesn’t want to do the right thing and gets away with it routinely, most people want to see them get a good whupping. And I am your girl.
I’m not afraid of making big and sometimes unpopular calls if they’re the right thing to do.
If you believe that people are basically good, and you remove obstacles, then they’ll do the right thing by each other.
To me, if you love it enough to devote your life to it, then you’re doing the right thing.
We get caught up in all the stress – ‘Got to do this, is this the right thing for me to do?’ – but what about the thing you want to do? That’s what’ll keep you young. It’s empowering, not becoming a prisoner of some other person’s idea of what you should be.
I didn’t worry about leaving the fast lane – I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you’ve lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it.
Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.
When you’re managing a large number of people, you learn that incentives matter tremendously. You really want people to be rewarded for doing the right thing for the customers and the organization.
Kentuckians deserve leaders who aren’t afraid to do the right thing.
Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
I got married because it was the right time and the right thing to do.
We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it’s just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn’t want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don’t answer.
President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.
Flying dreams mean that you’re doing the right thing with your life.
History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.
I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It’s just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities.
That’s what I want to do with my life. Be a good person when all the lights are off. When everybody doesn’t need to see you, shine and know that you know you did the right thing at the end of the day.
You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing, protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.
When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn’t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that’s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to do.
While I’m the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What’s the right thing to do?
Businesses have played an important role in advancing nondiscrimination protections across the county because they have recognized that inclusion is the right thing to do and fairness and equality are good for business.
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.
The time has come to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation.
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?’
It’s great to play games which are fun and make you enjoy, but the moment it puts you or anybody around you at risk, just know it’s not the right thing.
I just felt that ‘Golden Balls’ was the right thing to do. I didn’t care if people thought I was a failure.
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: ‘Yes, you’re doing the right thing, you’re always right.’ No, they tell me when I’m wrong, and that’s why I’ve been able to stay who I am and stay humble.
The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.
When we came to Iraq, we didn’t understand the complexity – what it meant for a society to live under a brutal dictatorship with ethnic and sectarian divisions. When we first got here, we made a lot of mistakes. We were like a blind man, trying to do the right thing but breaking a lot of things.
Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do.
What we ought not do is play politics with those who’ve been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let’s make sure we’re not making politics with disaster relief.
Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.
Everyone knows who I am; everyone respects me as a shooter, as an operator, as a soldier… I’m always truthful, I’m always honest, and I’m always trying to do the right thing.
Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it’s doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don’t have money need some help.
The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we’re a long, long ways from that.
In any walk of life, you can choose to do the right thing.
Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.
A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
Sometimes I yell, sometimes I raise my voice. I am trying to do it less, because it’s not always attractive. It’s not always the right thing to do.
Very few people do bad things because they’re bad. They generally do bad things because they think they’re the right thing to do, but they’re misplaced.
