Sojourner Truth Quotes

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

If you care enough to look right, you care enough to act right. And vice versa.

Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

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

My philosophy is different than most of the people up here. I think if you do the right thing and you lose, you still did the right thing. I think if you do less than the right thing and win, it’s morally reprehensible.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.

If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.

I want in all cases to do right.

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge.

Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

I do what I think is right.

Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.