“The time is always right to do what’s right.”
Speech delivered in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College (22 October 1964), as reported in "When MLK came to Oberlin" by Cindy Leise, The Chronicle-Telegram (21 January 2008) http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2008/01/21/when-mlk-came-to-oberlin/ <br class="br">1960s <br class="br">Variant: The time is always right to do what’s right.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“What's right isn't always popular, and whats popular isn't always right.”
Sharon M. Draper (1948) American children's writer
“Always do what's right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.”
Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer
Source: Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear
“Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
To the Young People's Society, Greenpoint Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn (February 16, 1901).
Variant: Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
“I am in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.”
Louise L. Hay (1926–2017) American writer
Variant: I am in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing.
“I'm always right. This time I'm just even more right than usual.”
Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker
Message to linux-kernel mailing list, 2005-07-14, Torvalds, Linus, 2006-08-28 http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg83284.html, <br class="br">2000s, 2005
Arnold Hano (1922) American writer
As quoted in "Bronx Banter Interview: Arnold Hano, Part I" http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/25/bronx-banter-interview-arnold-hano/ by Hank Waddles, in Alex Belth's Bronx Banter (September 25, 2009) <br class="br">Sports-related