Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the wrong thing just because it's dangerous. We're more concerned with not looking scared than with judging right.

Philip Pullman
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While not every decision has to be right, there is a difference between right and wrong. We all make mistakes. We all wish for the things we shouldn’t have, but there is a world of difference between those who make those mistakes and those who learn from them. Take a friend who does something wrong – who forgoes going to the movies with her friends so she can go to a party instead – and a friend who blows a big opportunity because she is afraid of looking bad. The latter is someone who makes decisions based on fear, not on what is best for her.

Source: The Amber Spyglass

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