Right Thing Quotes - Page 7

• I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

  Jeb Bush

  Decision, Political, Polls

  "'Hannity' Great American Forum: Jeb Bush". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. July 22, 2011.

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• Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too.

  David Cameron

  Moral Leadership, America, Way

  "U.K. State Dinner Highlights Obama, Cameron Friendship" by Christina Wilkie, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2012.

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• I'm not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.

  Kirk Cameron

  Perfect, Want, Walks

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• The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.

  Deepak Chopra

  Real, Keys, Being Positive

  "The Real Secret to Staying Healthy for Life (Part 2)" by Deepak Chopra, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 7, 2012.

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• The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Simple, Accountability, Political

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• We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.

  Bryan Cranston

  Selfish, Nice, Squash

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• I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.

  Ice Cube

  Beautiful, Dad, Husband

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• Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.

  DMX

  Stronger

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• It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

  Jim DeMint

  Order, Make Sense, Wrong Things

  "Erin Burnett OutFront", edition.cnn.com. January 12, 2012.

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• So, when it comes to eating healthy, it's just doing the right thing. And it's not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it's something you have to do 25 days a month. Let's put it that way.

  Mike Ditka

  Baby Boy, Thinking, Years

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• I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Stupid, Opportunity, Trying

  "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Robert Downey Jr interview". IndieLondon interview, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• That's the difference between the NCAA and the NFL right now. They've got to step up and say, 'We're going to do the right thing. We're going to hire qualified people. We're going to hire the best man for the job regardless of what boosters or anyone else has to say.'

  Tony Dungy

  Jobs, Men, Nfl

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• For someone in my position, there's opportunities to be anything you want to be, even if you shouldn't be eligible, and I think that's left a bad taste in a lots of financers' and studios' mouths. Just cause someone's popular at one thing, letting them do the other isn't always the right thing.

  Fred Durst

  Opportunity, Thinking, Mouths

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• I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if I've done the right thing, I will be enlightened. And if I believe, I'll be saved. And that's all he promises me.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Cancer, Believe, Promise

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• Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Mother, Helping Others, People

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• As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with...

  Idris Elba

  People, Actors, Lines

  "Idris Elba: life after 'Stringer' Bell". Interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2010.

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• I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.

  Roger Federer

  Sports, Way, Sometimes

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• My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do. By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.

  Al Franken

  Spiritual, Real, Mean

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• The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.

  Lady Gaga

  Play, Voice, Stories

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• I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.

  Ellie Goulding

  Challenges, Booty, Looks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.

  Arsenio Hall

  Son, Opportunity, Years

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• God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

  Steve Harvey

  Relationship, Success, Faith

  Interview with Dave Davis, www.chud.com. December 30, 2004.

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• If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.

  Charlayne Hunter-Gault

  People, Prejudice, Hostage

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• Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.

  LL Cool J

  Sometimes, Position

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• I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

  LL Cool J

  Summer, Home, Eight

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