Chin-Ning Chu Quotes

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

As we act 'right,' our right results are guaranteed.

I think most people know inherently that good wins.

I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.'

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.

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

A clear conscience is a sure card.

My future is righteousness.

If you do right, everything will come out right.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

A conscientious man ought not to regard what may happen to him in this world.

He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.

I want in all cases to do right.

God gives manhood but one clew to success,--utter and exact justice; that he guarantees shall be always expediency.

You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right.

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear their leading you out of [any difficult situation] in the easiest manner possible.

When you are committed to doing what’s right, you are sowing seeds for God’s blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road and doing more that is required.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.