Herve Villechaize Quotes

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

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

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.

There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.

You just have to do what you know is right.

I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.

A conscientious man ought not to regard what may happen to him in this world.

Even if the exercise of my responsibility becomes my burden, I’ll bear it. But I can tell you I am going to sleep well tonight knowing I’ve made the right decision.

You got to do what's right.

I continually ask myself if a decision I'm about to make falls short in the eyes of God or my family or my colleagues. It's actually a pretty simple litmus test: am I doing the right thing or not? The answer is generally an easy one.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

You must always do what you feel is right.

I do what I think is right.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

You do what you want and know is right. That is the only law.

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.