Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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.

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.

Take the high road, that's my approach.

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

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

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

I did not clash with the National Party. I clashed with my conscience. And in the end, conscience wins.

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

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

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.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

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.

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

When you do something moral and upright and wander off by yourself, well, everyone doesn't always follow you, do they, right? You pat yourself on your sanctimonious back but it doesn't mean the crowd rewards you for doing what you think is right.

In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.

Let us be tried by our actions.

I'm always inspired by people who choose to do what is right, not what is easy.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.

I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.

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