Right Thing Quotes - Page 34

• I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.

  Louisa May Alcott

  War, Done, Want

  Louisa May Alcott, Kate Cumming (2008). “Blue, Gray and Red: Two Nurse's Views of the Civil War”, p.33, Fireship Press

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• The stronger the culture, the less corporate process a company needs. When the culture is strong, you can trust everyone to do the right thing. People can be independent and autonomous. They can be entrepreneurial.

  Brian Chesky

  Strong, Independent, People

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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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• Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing wrong things well.

  Warren G. Bennis

  People, Leader, Roles

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.198, John Wiley & Sons

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• A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that.

  Tom Ford

  Zara, Sound, Lucky

  "Tom Ford Opens Up About His New Collection Inspired by Rihanna and How He Hates Being Copied by Zara" by Amy Wicks, www.glamour.com. April 15, 2013.

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• I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.

  John Wooden

  Trying, Favors, Things To Do

  John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden One-On-One”, p.45, Revell

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• You feel the intense desire to do good, to do right thing. At this stage, you also feel helpless.

  Chin-Ning Chu

  Desire, Intense, Stage

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• Here`s the Republican Party with round heels for anybody who says the right thing at the current moment. Regardless of their record, regardless of their character, and regardless of who they are, it seems that if you say the right stuff now to the Republican ear, Steve Schmidt, they will say yes, no matter who you are.

  Chris Matthews

  Party, Character, Records

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think, the right thing. Having the conversations, talking to people about that.

  Dalia Mogahed

  Thinking, Talking, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• A person of responsibility can trust himself to choose the right thing over the easy thing.

  John C. Maxwell

  Responsibility, Easy, Persons

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “There's No Such Thing as "Business" Ethics: There's Only One Rule for Making Decisions”, p.43, Hachette UK

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• I do so play an instrument! I play air! I play the air with my fingers, and I'm in touch with the deepest emotions within. It took me a while to learn that whatever I feel like doing is the right thing. If I want to play an invisible instrument, I will.

  Jill Scott

  Air, Play, Want

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• The race for Quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

  Peter Drucker

  Race, Effectiveness, Quality

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• In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science - really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.

  Bill Gates

  Order, Long, United States

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• Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for human development, it is going to have no problem, over a period of time, taking care of its own needs.

  Bill Gates

  India, Needs, Taxation

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• There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

  Henry Rollins

  Needs, Activism, Doing The Right Thing

  "HENRY ROLLINS: 'I Like Stress; It Keeps Me Rockin''". "Full Metal Jackie", www.blabbermouth.net. December 30, 2012.

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• America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave.

  Henry Rollins

  America, Backbone, Foreign Policy

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• My girlfriend Rhonda, who's now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, 'You've got to do the right thing.'

  Bernie Mac

  Girlfriend, School, Wife

  "'Bernie Mac Show' Kicks Off Second Season Tonight". "CNN Live At Daybreak", www.cnn.com. September 18, 2002.

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• My mother was supportive without knowing it. Deep down she wanted all the right things, she just didn't see the world like I did, and she's not supposed to.

  Albert Brooks

  Mother, Knowing, Supportive

  "Albert Brooks: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2011.

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• People who can't afford their mortgages and have to renegotiate with the bank or something gets repossessed after you worked your whole life. You follow the rules and you do the right thing and you still get screwed. That's what I think a lot of Americans are.

  Seth Gordon

  Thinking, People, Mortgage

  Source: collider.com

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• Guinevere is just head over heels and doesn't know how to handle these new emotions that she's feeling, as a young woman. Unfortunately, she can't reign it all in, all the time. And, even though she tries to do the right thing and be the good girlfriend and have her morals, she slips up a little bit.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Girlfriend, Feelings, Good Girl

  Source: collider.com

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• Comedy is a serious business. It's frustrating when I can't find the right thing that makes the crew laugh. If I don't make them laugh, I get very disappointed in myself. You don't really have a live audience, so you just depend on the crew to let you know if you're doing something funny.

  Allison Janney

  Laughing, Serious, Comedy

  "Allison Janney Interview MR. SUNSHINE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 9, 2011.

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• I'm naturally inclined to have sex with every beautiful woman I see. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

  Rick Warren

  Beautiful, Sex, Mean

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Evil is a broad church. There are so many different ways to be evil. Sometimes it's fun to be the guy who doesn't know that he's bad, like the character I played in True Blood. He was pretty angsty about it, but he thought he was doing the right thing.

  James Frain

  Fun, Character, Blood

  Source: collider.com

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• And by the right thing, I mean that whatever step we take next, the first criteria we should consider is the people who have been loyal to us, thus far, which is primarily our audience.

  Neil Cross

  Mean, People, Loyal

  Source: collider.com

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• The trick isn't so much creating the right thing; the trick is finding the right networks.

  Jonah Peretti

  Creating, Tricks, Findings

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