Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

I try to do the right thing.

Do what is right because it is right.

Is is always time to do the right thing.

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

I talk every day about doing the right thing.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.

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.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

I always felt like I was doing the right thing.

My philosophy is different than most of the people up here. I think if you do the right thing and you lose, you still did the right thing. I think if you do less than the right thing and win, it’s morally reprehensible.

All effective actions require the passport of morality.

I have only ever followed my conscience.

My job is to do what's right. And that's what I'm going to try and do.

There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.

We must do what we conceive to be the right thing, and not bother our heads or burden our souls with whether we are going to be successful. Because if we don't do the right thing, we'll be doing the wrong thing, and we will just be part of the disease, and not a part of the cure.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

Do what you know is right, but try not to get caught.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

I do what I think is right.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.