Doing The Right Thing Quotes - Page 2

• Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

  J. C. Watts

  Integrity, Character, Thinking

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• Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.

  Simon Sinek

  Responsibility, Wrong Things, Taking Responsibility

  Twitter post from Sep 18, 2012

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• The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.

  Jim Rohn

  Differences, Ordinary, Ordinary And Extraordinary

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• Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspiring, Hope, Giving Up

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.23, Anchor

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• Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man". Book by William Hermanns, p. 143, 1983.

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• If you are making smart decisions and doing the right things in the correct order and dedicating yourself to something, the success is inevitable.

  Matt Snell

  Smart, Order, Decision

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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• Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Keys, Quality

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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• Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.

  Aristotle

  Mean, Simple, Giving

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• Doing the right thing has power.

  Laura Linney

  Right Thing

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• Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids" by Joseph A. Michelli, (p. 88), 1998.

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• Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Mean, Adults, Want

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.108, Scholastic UK

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• The worst thing you can do is nothing.

  Terry Pratchett

  Motivational, Change, Positive

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• Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.

  John F. Kennedy

  Office, Politics, Torn

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• Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

  Aldo Leopold

  Behavior, Ethical, Wrong Things

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• There are no accidents; success is the result of doing the right thing, in the right way, over and over.

  Brian Tracy

  Way, Results, Accidents

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from May 05, 2013

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  Do the right thing because it is right.

  Immanuel Kant

  Courage, Honesty, Integrity

  Immanuel Kant (2005). “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”, p.39, Broadview Press

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• Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.

  Thomas Sowell

  Fun, People, Surprise

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• If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing.

  Pat Summitt

  Example, Want, Ifs

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• Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

  Stephen Covey

  Learning, Priorities, Time Management

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1997). “First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There”, Simon and Schuster

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• Never let making a profit stand in the way of doing the right thing.

  George W. Jenkins

  Way, Profit, Right Thing

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• Doing the right thing is easy. [It is] much more difficult [to...] figure out what [the right thing] is.

  Harry S. Truman

  Easy, Figures, Difficult

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• Honestly, if you don’t fit in, then you’re probably doing the right thing.

  Lights

  Fit, Honestly, Ifs

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  You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it.

  Dean Smith

  Proud, Should, Right Thing

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• IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

  Amber Tamblyn

  Ifs, Right Thing

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

  George Washington Carver

  New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom

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