Julie Taymor Quotes

In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

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.

I'd sell my soul for a good cause.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

I feel really ambiguous about the psychology of people trying to do good in the world.

It seems that the world considers whoever gets benefit is the virtuous one

We ought to see clearly that the end does justify the means

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

We all have the duty to do good.

Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.

My biggest aspiration is to inspire people to do good. I believe that our wish for a harmonious world begins and ends with doing good. To inspire and empower people to focus on goodness, I wrote a new book called 'Activate Your Goodness: Transforming the World through Doing Good.'

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

Frankly, I'm not religious, but I believe in the cause of humanity - doing good work.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

I do small things. I try to do good things every day.

People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind what they're doing. You're entitled to lie because the end justifies the means.