Don Cheadle Quotes

We all have the duty to do good.

I think we should all have a responsibility not to affect other people in a negative way.

The world's becoming a better place, and again it is up to us to make sure we're doing the right things.

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

Good people do fundamental work because they believe in the work.

I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother

I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.

What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets ? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one's duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures.

The true source of rights is duty.

The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society.

Freedom & Duty always go hand in hand and if the free do not accept the duty of social responsibility, they will not long remain free.

You must do right before you feel good.

When "Do no Evil" has been understood, Then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do Good.

People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.

You have a choice. You don’t have to be a person who spreads negativity and lies for a living. You can do something good. You can be good. Let’s just make that choice and — it feels better.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

There is much good work to be done by every one of us and we must begin to do it.

If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I'm complicit.

I don't want to go crazy pretending to be someone all the time. But at the same time, if I have the ability to influence people, and we have X amount of energy in the day, it's not even our option anymore - it's our duty to do something positive in the world.

You can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do.

Nothing is properly one's duty but what is also one's interest.

It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.