“What's right isn't always popular, and whats popular isn't always right.”

— Sharon M. Draper

Last update Feb. 24, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "What's right isn't always popular, and whats popular isn't always right." by Sharon M. Draper?

Sharon M. Draper photo

Sharon M. Draper 12

American children's writer 1948

Related quotes

Albert Einstein quote: “What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”

“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

“It isn't always easy to act on what's in your head instead of what's in your heart. And it isn't always right to.”

Steven Brust book Athyra

Athyra (1993)
Context: It isn't always easy to act on what's in your head instead of what's in your heart. And it isn't always right to. The whole trick to knowing what to do is deciding when to make yourself listen to your head, and when it's okay to just follow your feelings.

“You're doing the best you can, right? Isn't that what we always tell each other?”

Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist

Gabby Parker, Chapter 19, p. 227
2000s, The Choice (2007)

“Robin Day: But how low does your personal rating, among your own supporters, have to go before you consider yourself a liability to the party you lead?
Edward Heath: Well, popularity isn't everything. In fact it isn't the most important thing. What matters is doing what you believe to be right, and that's what I've always tried to do and I shall go on doing. The question doesn't arise.”

Edward Heath (1916–2005) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974)

Interview on "Panorama", BBC 1 (16 October 1967).
Leader of the Opposition

“The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.”

Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) Member of the United States Senate from Maine

“Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.”

John Ashcroft (1942) American politician

Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 229

“I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it?”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Sugar Daddy

“Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

“In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it's hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn't always so easy to figure out.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

“Isn't it my right to talk and say what I want to?”

Scott McClellan (1968) Former White House press secretary

Source: Press briefing http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051013-2.html, October 13, 2005

Related topics