Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'

I'm not saying you did the wrong thing. I'm not even saying it wasn't something I'd thought of doing, myself. But even if it was the just thing to do, or the fitting thing, it still wasn't the right thing.

The time is here for you to stand up for what you know is right. You must judge right from wrong. No longer can you be complacent or go with the flow or wonder what to do. You must decide now which path you will follow and which answer you will give. Decide well in advance, before the pressure is on, what you stand for.

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

The ends do not always justify the means

Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.

If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to prevent it, it is our duty to prevent it and to damn the consequences.

With a lot of things in life, it's hard to do the right thing.

Work hard at doing what you feel is right. Don't be scared!

Sometimes you're going to be faced with situations where the line isn't clear between what's right and what's wrong.Your heart will tell you to do one thing and your brain will tell you to do something different. In the end, all that's left is to look at both sides and go with your best judgment.

We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means.

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

You must always do what you feel is right.

I do what I think is right.

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

I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

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.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.

I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

You do what you think is right and let the law catch up.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.