Margaret D. Nadauld Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

If you step out and do what you feel is right... and you're not attacking a person, and you're attacking a process, and you're attacking the status quo... and if somebody wants to hold a grudge against me, that's on them. It's not on me, and I'm going to do what I think is right.

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.

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.

I stand up for the things I believe in.

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

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

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 it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

I don't know any other way to live but to wake up every day armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.

We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.

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.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.

It takes a special conviction to decide to go against the crowd and to know what is right and to act upon it.

I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.

Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.

What I do and what I love, I don't betray that. Sometimes people say you have to tolerate it. No, you have to do what you think necessary, what your heart tells you, and go where the Almighty leads you.

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.

I'm a big person when it comes to doing what you believe in.