Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it’s not.
I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of consumers and customers all over the world, the business results will come.
We’ve shown a willingness to do the right thing, and we’ve shown a willingness to work in a bipartisan fashion. The problems are on the Republican side.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated.
For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I’ve encouraged other people to do the same.
I’ve never really focused on my ranking per se because it’s out of my control. I try and do the right thing each week, and the ranking will look after itself.
We are the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have a Medicare for All type of program, and that’s an idea whose time has come. It is the morally right thing to do.
Books for teens are amazing and compelling, I think, because they’re generally set in a time in people’s lives when they are uncertain about who they are and who they love and what the right thing is to do.
I think if a driver commits to a team it’s like disappearing with another girlfriend half way through the year, it doesn’t seem like the right thing to do.
The secret to adulthood is that 99% of the time, you actually know the right thing to do. Adults make it hard when they are deciding whether to do the right thing.
I held so much in during the weeks prior to my fight with Ronda. I might have said or posted some things at the time that I now realize was not the right thing to do.
As an actor, you’re trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you’re working with.
We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don’t know what that is and we all – you know, you won’t know until the future.
I also believe that it’s the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.
I deeply believe in many Christian values: love people; do the right thing; know that there’s good in everyone, that God’s looking out for all of us.
Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one – that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.
My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.
The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.
I love movies, and if the right thing comes along I’m so interested.
Strengthening our critical strategic alliance with Israel is in U.S. security interests and the absolute right thing to do for our closest friend in a very dangerous part of the world.
I think Chicagoans have a great set of values. You know what I mean? Kindness. Morals. Ethics. People in Chicago do the right thing. If somebody falls on the street, someone will actually stop and help them up. That doesn’t happen in certain other cities.
I had to put my kid before my career and all the money I was making. I decided to do the right thing. I was dying inside. If I didn’t have my daughter, I would be dead right now, for sure.
When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it’s not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you can point to as your own moral compass. We need to have all kinds of characters represented.
When I went back to Shea last year it really hit me how much the fans care for me, it still gives me goose bumps. I want to do the right thing for them and my family.
Planned Parenthood’s work – bringing affordable and accessible health care to as many women (and men and all people) as possible – isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s the urgent thing to do.
America’s foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan – which is leave.
We have an unwavering commitment to our social responsibility program; it’s good for business, and we know it’s the right thing to do.
Trade sales are the bulk of exits, and there’s no shame in that. Sometimes, it’s exactly the right thing to do.
Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.
I believed that, in a situation where the community that I came from were being treated like second- and third-class citizens, that I had a responsibility to fight back against it. And I don’t apologise to anybody for having done that. I think it was the right thing to do.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren’t working on.
And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.
Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done.
I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, you’re a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.
Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.
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.
It does seem really hard to get consumers to do the right thing. It is stupid that we use two tons of steel, glass, and plastic to haul our sorry selves to the shopping mall. It’s stupid that we put water in plastic bottles in Fiji and ship it here.
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 haven’t pursued it as a senator because I know it’s like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it’s the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
Doing the right thing has power.
Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They’re in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.
Extending emergency unemployment benefits isn’t just the right thing to do for our families – it’s the smart thing to do for our economy.
I’ve had people say, ‘Oh you’ve made whistleblowing cool.’ But it’s really not. It’s a good thing to do. And it’s the right thing to do. But it’s arduous and difficult, particularly if you are going up against something that’s really powerful and political.
Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone.
If this government is doing the right thing by fighting corruption, the Church should support it.
For an author, the nice characters aren’t much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They’re doing it for themselves.
The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America’s college students, and it is the right thing to do for America’s economy.
I think we ought to provide much more dignity and respect to individuals who need some care and assistance, whether they are chronically ill or disabled or seniors, it’s the right thing for this country to do.
I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.
If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‘right’ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.
I’ve had varying luck with comedy in the past, but I’d really like to give that another go. I don’t know if I’d chase down a part, but if the right thing came along I could certainly see myself stepping into that zone.
Your personal integrity, once established and earned, people don’t have to think about it. They know. They know you. They know you’ll do the right thing every time.
When my colleagues went to endorse Rob Garagiola, nobody asked me for my opinion about that. And I didn’t ask anybody else. I did what I thought was the right thing to do, and I made a decision, just like they did.
I’d like to direct again, but that’s really hard to get something and raise the money. It’s difficult to find just the right thing.
