Dolores Huerta Quotes

I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.

I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.

I might have made mistakes but I have always been honest.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.

I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

I try to be a good person - I don't always succeed, but that's what I'm shooting for.

Deciding to be honest was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made, and also the most important.

I attempt to do my best and do what's right, but that doesn't mean I'm always right.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.

Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.

The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.

I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'

I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.

It is a true man's part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.