Right Thing Quotes - Page 8

• You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

  LeBron James

  Humble, Men, Who I Am

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• The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!

  Shawn Johnson

  Machines, Body, Wells

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• My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

  Charles Kettering

  Education, Stupid, Science

  Charles Franklin Kettering (1961). “Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering”

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• I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was the right thing to do.

  Jack Kevorkian

  Illegal Things, World, Things To Do

  "Anderson Cooper Tries Out Live Format With Jack 'Dr. Death' Kevorkian". Interview with Anderson Cooper, www.businessinsider.com. April 16, 2010.

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• You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

  Tracy Kidder

  Life, Inspire, Purpose

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• Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

  Dean Koontz

  Love, Life, Sex

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• I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.

  Queen Latifah

  Keys, Organization, Support

  "Queen Latifah 'Joyful Noise' Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. January 1, 2012.

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• 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

  Spike Lee

  Actors, Firsts, Film

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• People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been working since 1986. From the beginning, I was determined to not just be a flash in the pan. I've got to keep up with Woody Allen. He's lapping me.

  Spike Lee

  People, Done, Likes

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• If you're healthy, if you don't get sick much, if you don't go to the doctor much or use your health insurance much, you are a genetic lottery winner. It has nothing to do with the way you live, nothing to do with doing the right things. It's just sheer luck, and you are gonna pay for that.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Doctors, Sick, Healthy

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• Doing the right thing has power.

  Laura Linney

  Doing The Right Thing

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• I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Focus, Bronx, Certain

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• Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

  Horace Mann

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The idea that we cause harm by doing what we perceive to be the right thing, that's another theme that interests me. Because most people don't intend to cause harm, they cause harm by doing the right thing - in their mind.

  Andrew McCarthy

  Ideas, People, Mind

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• We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

  James McGreevey

  Impact, Needs, Purpose

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• I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

  Golda Meir

  Inspirational, Leadership, Motivation

  "Way of Valor: A Biography of Golda Myerson". Book by Marie Syrkin, 1955.

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• The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

  Elon Musk

  Stuff, Reason, Economics

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

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• You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

  Rafael Nadal

  Play, Focus, Trying

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• There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Pride, Thinking

  "Policy or Politics? Obama Learns the Hard Way He Has to Do Both" by Dan Farber, www.cbsnews.com. Policy or Politics? Obama Learns the Hard Way He Has to Do Both.

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• When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do.

  Michelle Obama

  President, Reform, Care

  "Michelle Obama touts husband's humble roots, asks for time to see 'change' through", www.foxnews.com. September 5, 2012.

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• When you give, give from the place of the heart because it is the right thing to do, not the easy thing to do.

  Suze Orman

  Heart, Giving, Easy

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• Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Attitude, Promise

  Joel Osteen (2009). “Hope for Today Bible”, p.604, Simon and Schuster

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• I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different.

  Mehmet Oz

  Heart, Simple, People

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• In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

  Ross Perot

  Texas, Economy

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• For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves.

  Terry Pratchett

  Fun, Nice, Character

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