What is this quote and where is it from?
January 1, 2008 3:33 PM Subscribe
Looking for the source of a quote that goes something like "i always knew the right thing to do. without fail, i always knew. but i never did it. because it was too damn hard."
i heard or read this somewhere years ago and really liked it, but i can't seem to find it anywhere. i believe it was written, but it could also be a line from a movie or a play.
i don't remember it exactly but the "without fail, i always knew" line is definitely in there somewhere.
i've tried every quote site and google combination i can think of, but no luck. can anyone point me in the right direction?
i heard or read this somewhere years ago and really liked it, but i can't seem to find it anywhere. i believe it was written, but it could also be a line from a movie or a play.
i don't remember it exactly but the "without fail, i always knew" line is definitely in there somewhere.
i've tried every quote site and google combination i can think of, but no luck. can anyone point me in the right direction?
From Scent of a Woman:
"Now I have come to the cross-roads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew, but I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the cross-roads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey."
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 3:44 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
"Now I have come to the cross-roads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew, but I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the cross-roads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey."
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 3:44 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
Also:
"We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable." — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
posted by futility closet at 4:41 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
"We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable." — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
posted by futility closet at 4:41 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
A nice quote from our own Ambrosia Voyeur from one of the Mr. Rogers threads on the blue: "The hardest thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing."
posted by scody at 6:27 PM on January 1, 2008
posted by scody at 6:27 PM on January 1, 2008
Related:
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." -- Norman Schwarzkopf
posted by ludwig_van at 6:50 PM on January 1, 2008
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." -- Norman Schwarzkopf
posted by ludwig_van at 6:50 PM on January 1, 2008
This thread is closed to new comments.
posted by Green With You at 3:38 PM on January 1, 2008