Teresa Heinz Quotes

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

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

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.

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.

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

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

You have to stand on your beliefs.

People realized that I'm willing to stand up for things that I believe in, despite the political consequences and overwhelming pressure.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.

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.

I do what I believe.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

You have to do what you believe in.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel or kind, and they act on the basis of that - often in the face of the prevailing limits of behaviour.

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

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.