Paul DePodesta Quotes

It's not easy to do the unpopular thing.

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?'

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

So it was a hard decision but I know it is the right one.

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them.

It's hard to be a leader when you have to make hard choices and when you have to do what's right, even though people are not going to like you for it.

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.

You must always do what you feel is right.

CEOs make hard decisions; sometimes, the least worst is the right one.

I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.

In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action.

Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.

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

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

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

In great crises, a man who has to act or speak stands bare and stripped of choice.

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

Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Ultimately all the options are ugly… These decisions are very, very difficult

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.

The right way is not necessarily the easy one.

It's hard to regret making the choice that you think is right.