"My basic principle is that you do not make decisions because they are easy, you don’t make them if they are cheap; you don’t make them because they are popular; you make them because they are right."

 This quote means that the only reason people make decisions is because they are right, it's not because they are popular or cheap. Their decisions are because it's right and that's the good thing to do. Making decisions that are easy may be good at the time but later on it will not. It is way better to choose the decision that is hard because it is more challenging and educational and so you wont have to deal with the consequences you have when you make the decision that is easy. For example when you think about cheating on a test because it will be easy. You  should never do that because it is considered wrong. Then you think about it and you will not do it . If you were to do this, some how it will come back.