Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person. It's not always easy, that's for sure. But it's right. And sometimes doing the right thing feels good, even if it does end up in a trip to the principal's office.
Ostwald was a great protagonist and an inspiring teacher. He had the gift of saying the right thing in the right way. When we consider the development of chemistry as a whole, Ostwald's name like Abou ben Adhem's leads all the rest ... Ostwald was ab...
I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.
It’s not about getting something; it’s about getting the right thing.
The more you do, the more experience you have and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing.
I'd been a great angel investor, but professional venture capital was clearly not the right thing for me.
Maybe I see myself with kids, given the right place and right moment, with the right person.
Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.
Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.
I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.
I had never dreamt I'd become an actress. It was destiny that put me in the right place at the right time and gave me the right opportunities.
I've come to learn that you can be very, very talented, but if you're not at the right place at the right time... It's a lot of luck.
It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35
If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.
The world is such a marvel-it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation.
I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.
Sometimes I ask myself, "Do I have the courage to do the right thing when it matters most?" And that answer, I'm afraid, is silence.
Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.
I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, you're a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.
If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in the way in which Chinese officialdom deals with Internet services.
You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably not a bad person. They probably want to do the right thing. But they can't.
