Damon Dash Quotes

Standing up for what you believe in and being honest, telling the truth are all very liberating things.

Work hard at doing what you feel is right. Don't be scared!

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.

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.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

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.

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

You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's always going to work. It doesn't. But when it does, it is truthful and forever.

My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

I believe you have to be honest with yourself. If you believe that the direction you want to go is the right direction, then you should do it.

Telling the truth - telling thoughtful truths - should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are.

I learned that you should never be afraid to speak your mind especially when you know it's right.

It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.

I'm going to stand in my truth no matter what.

I had purpose in my heart that I would stand up for the truth regardless of what I might lose in life.

I know who I am. When you get comfortable with yourself like that and you know you're doing the right thing, you can take a lot of crap.

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

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.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.

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

There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.