Charles M. Blow Quotes

I try to do the right thing.

It is always the right time to do the right thing.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

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

Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

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

I do what I think is right.

In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

I always felt like I was doing the right thing.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

I have only ever followed my conscience.

The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action.

Do the right thing because it is right.

It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable.

Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.

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

There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.

We talk so much about one's rights... so little about what is actually right.

I have always tried to have a message, not to be a preacher, but a message that shows it's better to be a good guy than a bad guy, and I try to make it clear that doing the right thing is more attractive than not.