Terry Goodkind Quotes

I have never made it a consideration whether the subject was popular or unpopular, but whether it was right or wrong; for that which is right will become popular, and that which is wrong, though by mistake it may obtain the cry or fashion of the day, will soon lose the power of delusion, and sink into disesteem.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Stand up for what you know is right.

Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.

I have only ever followed my conscience.

Remember that what's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right.

We are involved in an intense battle. It is a battle between right and wrong, between truth and error, between the design of the Almighty on the one hand and that of Lucifer on the other. For that reason, we desperately need moral men and women who stand on principle, to be involved in the political process. Otherwise, we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.

So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.

We sincerely and earnestly believe in peace; but if peace and justice conflict, we scorn the man who would not stand for justice though the whole world came in arms against him.

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?

You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

What is right is not always popular.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.