Maury Maverick Quotes

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.

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.

Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.

Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

I guess coming out against actual evil takes guts.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

If you step out and do what you feel is right... and you're not attacking a person, and you're attacking a process, and you're attacking the status quo... and if somebody wants to hold a grudge against me, that's on them. It's not on me, and I'm going to do what I think is right.

Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't.

It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.

Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone.

When I feel something isn't right, I'm going to speak my mind and stand even if it's by myself.

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

But our leaders of today have decided it's more important to be popular, to say and do what's easy, and say yes rather than to say no, when no is what is required.

A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy.

Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.