Ted Yoho Quotes

Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone.

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 comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.

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.

I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.

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

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

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

By being courageous enough to state the difficult truth, the most important reputation that you will preserve is your own.

One of the things my family taught me - I think very important in religion and science - is that you must be ready to stand up for what you think. Decide what you really think is best, and stick with it.

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.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

You must always do what you feel is right.