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If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.
— Maya Angelou
In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.
— Maya Angelou
Don't do anything that you think is wrong. Just do what you think is right, and then be ready to back it up even with your life.
— Maya Angelou
See you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing you do it without thinking.
— Maya Angelou
Teachers of my early youth Taught forgiveness stressed the truth Here then is my Christian lack: If I'm struck then I'll strike back.
— Maya Angelou
Mother whispered, 'See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing, If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.
— Maya Angelou
Mother whispered, "See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.
— Maya Angelou
If I'm living a little better now, it's because I treats everybody right.
— Maya Angelou
Without waiting for Momma's thanks, he rode out of the yard, sure that things were as they should be and that he was a gentle squire, saving those deserving serfs from the laws of the land, which he condoned.
— Maya Angelou
If we absolutely can't feel good about something we're doing, then we shouldn't do it - no matter how charitable it seems. We also shouldn't do things for others that they ought to and are capable or doing for themselves. Other people aren't helpless. Neither are we.
— Melody Beattie
Love cannot exist without the dimension of justice.
— Melody Beattie
Doing the right thing when it is not popular or when it is not going to get everyone's approval is not always easy, but I am convinced that if we truly care about other people, we will go ahead and take the risk anyway.
— Ben Carson