Welcome to the world of ethical wisdom and moral inspiration with our collection of The Right Thing Quotes. In a society often filled with ethical dilemmas and moral complexities, it’s essential to reflect on the timeless wisdom shared by individuals who have grappled with the concept of doing what’s right. Whether you seek guidance, motivation, or simply wish to ponder the profound thoughts of renowned thinkers, activists, and leaders, this page is a treasure trove of quotes that shed light on the importance of making ethical choices and doing the right thing.
Below, you’ll find a curated selection of quotes that cover a wide range of topics, all centered around the theme of doing the right thing. Feel free to explore these insightful quotes, and if you’re inclined, you can copy and share them, place them on images, or enhance them with stylish fonts to inspire yourself and others on the journey of making ethical decisions. Let these quotes serve as a reminder of the power and significance of choosing the path of righteousness in our lives. Enjoy this enriching collection of wisdom!
I don’t know what religious people do. I kind of wished I’d been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma. Marcia Wallace
All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided. Maya Angelou
Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call. K. A. Paul
Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents. Madisen Beaty
Not looking for excuses is the right thing to do. I have made a lot of mistakes, and I still make mistakes, but I am not ashamed to look for the reasons behind those mistakes. Gianluigi Buffon
At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing. Sal Albanese
It’s never too late to do the right thing, and America deserves much better than either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton can offer us. I humbly offer myself as a leader who can give millions of disaffected Americans a conservative choice for president. Evan McMullin
Know what’s important and what isn’t. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don’t, and the courage to stop those who won’t. Mark Goulston
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
Transforming our societies and our economies is an agenda that requires the participation of all. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are key. Including and empowering women and girls to develop and implement climate solutions is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do. Patricia Espinosa
I don’t think you need to get married necessarily. Girls just assume they will get married and have babies, but that isn’t the right thing for everyone. Rachel Riley
It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. M. Russell Ballard
I believe in God. I believe in doing the right thing. I believe in helping people if I can. Ralph Lauren
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
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
Just try to do the right thing, and that’s immediate karma: ‘I feel good about myself.’ Linda Thompson
I talk every day about doing the right thing. Laura Schlessinger
The thing, in general, about being a good person is just do the right thing as often as possible. Sami Zayn
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. Tony Blair
Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people. N. R. Narayana Murthy
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
As long as you know that you’re doing the right thing, do not care about what other people think about you. Whitney Wolfe Herd
If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of 10 times. Anselm Feuerbach
‘She’s Gotta Have It’ and ‘School Daze,’ I really didn’t know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. ‘Do the Right Thing’ was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors. Spike Lee
We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means. Alex Gibney
I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think. Bill Ackman
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. Robert H. Schuller
Allah’s the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner. Muhammad Ali
Sometimes you’ve got to do things you don’t want to do. Doing the right thing is not always comfortable; it doesn’t always feel good. Julius Peppers
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. Victor Hugo
I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God’s eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do. Kanye West
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. W. Clement Stone
If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‘right’ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip. Robert Kiyosaki
My childhood, I wouldn’t say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what’s wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what’s right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn’t nothing good outside for me. Russell Westbrook
We have to learn that not everyone deserves our tears. You have to do the right thing even if someone mocks you. Thiago Silva
Even though I’m young, I really try to do the right thing. Skai Jackson
Going public for the sake of going public is not really an optimal thing. You’re going public because as a company you believe it is the right thing to do and it will benefit the ability of the company to achieve its long-term objectives. Jeff Weiner
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing. John D. Rockefeller
In any walk of life, you can choose to do the right thing. Katharine Gun
I just figured that, for me to get the best out of myself and do the right thing by myself, I really just needed to step away and find out what I really wanted to do and hopefully getting back to where my people are from and getting out bush could really re-energise me and help heal those wounds. Adam Goodes
Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome. Monte Irvin
There’s a price to pay for greatness. The price to pay is doing the right thing. Rudy Ruettiger
I believe things have a way of working out, and if they don’t work out, maybe it’s not the right thing. Sidharth Malhotra
Your personal integrity, once established and earned, people don’t have to think about it. They know. They know you. They know you’ll do the right thing every time. Rex Tillerson
Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes. Warren Beatty
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
Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done. Barack Obama
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. Chinua Achebe
Taking bold action on climate change simply makes good business sense. It’s also the right thing to do for people and the planet. Setting a net-zero GHG emissions target by 2050 will drive innovation, grow jobs, build prosperity, and secure a better world for what will soon be 9 billion people. Richard Branson
If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you’ll rarely be disappointed. Pierre Omidyar
You know, there’s nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you’re doing, yourself, if you figure you’re doing the right thing. Christopher Walken
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
Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone. Sebastian Kurz
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
Doing the right thing has power. Laura Linney
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My parents always wanted me to do the right thing. My mom, I think her exact words were, ‘You’re not a chicken in the coop playing in the scraps, you’re an eagle.’ I was like, ‘Oh, OK… ‘ But really, I’ve used that throughout my life. J. J. Redick
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt
I believe that doing the right thing will not only create the best culture and the best product, but you’ll also make the most money – even if you’re making decisions that lose you money in the short term. Adam Neumann
We’re not perfect, but we want to do the right thing. Charlie Bell
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
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets. Steve Jobs
That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else. Winston Churchill
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. Zig Ziglar
Politics isn’t just about doing the right thing. It’s also about winning. Susan Estrich
Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one – that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be. Ratan Tata
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
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. Lou Holtz
I do the right thing on purpose. I don’t do it by accident. Herm Edwards
I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I’m working with. If I’ve got no confidence in what I’m doing and they don’t provide me with some assurance that we’re doing the right thing then I bully people. I’m a horrible bully. Kristin Scott Thomas
I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds. Paul Watson
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind. Alexis Arguello
If you just make every effort to do the right thing, you’ll come out ok. It comes down to priorities and making good decisions. Archie Manning
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. Oprah Winfrey
The more you do, the more experience you have and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing. Andy Lau
Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger. DMX
I have great faith that most Americans are law-abiding and care about the rule of law, and if they’re told a weapon is no longer allowed in their community and they would be compensated, they would find a way to do the right thing. Eric Swalwell
Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man. Andrew Garfield
I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing. David Cameron
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
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
We’ve just got to be careful – with all sports, let alone cricket – I think there’s so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport. Shane Warne
I don’t think I’m old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would like say is that as long as you’re having fun, I think you’re doing the right thing. Sania Mirza
For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you’ll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you’ll have a bad day where you’re really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, ‘Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?’ Jimmy Graham
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
The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we’re a long, long ways from that. Larry Page
Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can’t survive here more than minutes if you’re not equipped properly and doing the right thing all the time. Jon Krakauer
I think we’ve taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don’t stop and think about Jesus or the birth of Jesus. When they think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus and – for the children, and they think of giving gifts and out-giving the next person of spending their time looking for the right thing for somebody who has everything. Billy Graham
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
Stay focused on your mission, remain steadfast in your pursuit of excellence, and always do the right thing. Mark Esper
I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. Chinua Achebe
Everyone knows who I am; everyone respects me as a shooter, as an operator, as a soldier… I’m always truthful, I’m always honest, and I’m always trying to do the right thing. Tim Kennedy
Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law. And the key there is in terms of civil disobedience. You have to make sure that what you’re risking, what you’re bringing onto yourself, does not serve as a detriment to anyone else. It doesn’t hurt anybody else. Edward Snowden
I never feel pressure to be a good role model. I always try to do my best to inspire people to be good and do the right thing, but I just can’t live my life always trying to be a good role model. Kylie Jenner
I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen. Bobby Knight
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.
I didn’t do it because of the underlying greed that’s prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason. Danny DeVito
I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed. Klaus Fuchs