David Seabury Quotes

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.

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.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.

Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction.

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

I don't mind if my future is long or short, as long as I'm doing the right thing. And as long as I behave for other people.

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

There's no such thing as altruism.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.

It's one thing to really dream and have a vision and want all these cool things, but it's a whole other thing when you actually have wisdom and understand things. Then you can truly make the best decisions.