Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

The world is full of men who think and teach what is right. But as soon as they are called upon to act, they are assailed by doubts and fears.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

I say to people today, 'You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.'

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

If you strongly believe something is wrong, you must speak up and stand by what you say.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

You have to do what you believe in.

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.

I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.

If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.

Political courage is not political suicide.

For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.

There are things you stand up for because it's right.

Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

I've learned enough times in life that saying something is completely different than acting upon it.

I stand by what I believe in, I'm not afraid to speak up for what I think is right.

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.