Love this:-

Consider this example: A lookout in a fire tower might see what he thinks is a wisp of smoke on the horizon and sound what proves to be a false alarm. Later, though, his alertness could save lives.

Yeah, but after he kept getting it wrong time and time again, you'd fire his ass. (no pun intended)

"The more I advance into older age and the more imminent the end of life becomes, the more convinced I am that the most valuable thing any of us can leave behind is a moral legacy, and that the worth of that moral legacy will be determined by the principles for which we have stood, principles that can never be sacrificed or rationalized away in the interests of expediency. Those principles are . . . . . , integrity to truth, and compassionate concern for others, not as part of a favored system, but as individuals."

Raymond Franz 2004