Sebastian Kurz Quotes

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.

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.

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.

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.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

If my doing the right thing will cost me my seat, they can take this job and shove it.

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

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

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.

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

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

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

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.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

A man must have guts enough to fall out even with his friends .... The only way to play politics is not to play politics.

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

Sometimes you’ve got to do what is right even though it might be ahead of the people.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided.

Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself.

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.

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.