Gerald Chertavian Quotes

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it 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.

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.

You just have to do what you know is right.

People know that I'm going to do what's right.

To act well isn't an easy thing.

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

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?'

The secret to adulthood is that 99% of the time, you actually know the right thing to do. Adults make it hard when they are deciding whether to do the right thing.

You got to do what's right.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

I don't mind if my future is long or short, as long as I'm doing the right thing. And as long as I behave for other people.

Ethical is 'I'll wait and do what's right even in the hardest times and even if I have to give up gains to do it.'

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

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

And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

Heroes always make the right decision; I find that seldom happens in my life.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible.

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

We need people willing to do things because they are doing what is right, not because some powerful trade association wants it done.

If you do what's right, it's going to work out in the end successfully.

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.