Good quotes have a profound ability to uplift our spirits, ignite our imagination, and inspire us to become the best version of ourselves. These pearls of wisdom, crafted by great minds throughout history, encapsulate timeless truths and offer guidance for navigating life’s complexities. In this article, we embark on a journey to explore a collection of good quotes that have the potential to shape our perspectives and lead us towards a more fulfilling life.
Amidst the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, good quotes serve as a source of solace, reminding us of life’s deeper meaning and the importance of kindness, compassion, and gratitude. They offer insights into the human experience, shedding light on universal truths and the power of positive thinking. Good quotes have a way of resonating with our souls, urging us to reflect, to grow, and to live with intention.
The wisdom embedded within good quotes transcends time and cultural boundaries. They touch upon themes such as love, perseverance, self-discovery, and personal growth. From the profound words of philosophers to the poignant verses of poets, these quotes invite us to contemplate our place in the world and the impact we can make through our thoughts, actions, and choices.
Each good quote is like a ray of light, illuminating our path and offering guidance when we feel lost or uncertain. They possess the ability to shift our perspective, reminding us that even in the face of adversity, we have the power to persevere and find strength within ourselves. Good quotes encourage us to embrace the beauty of life, to celebrate our uniqueness, and to strive for excellence in all that we do.
I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
A good garden may have some weeds.
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.
Being a philosopher is to think, seek wisdom, and have principles that guide and influence what you do. It’s to give meaning to things, find your way in the world, believe that in the end, in every instance, good will overcome evil, even if there’s a bit of suffering along the way.
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
We can’t all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered.
Part of the problem is there are people in Washington, D.C. in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not. It undermines legal immigration.
Democracy, good governance and modernity cannot be imported or imposed from outside a country.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things: Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you’re around guns unless you’re going hunting, and you don’t want to mess around with women that you don’t know because a lot of times, bad things happen.
No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren’t cool, just to establish themselves. That’s what adolescence is about. They’re gonna go through that no matter what.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I’m sick or in good health, whether I’m in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.
If you feel good about who you are inside, it will radiate.
No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Sometimes I’m in a bad mood, sometimes I’m in a good mood. It’s like everyone else.
You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
The best part is still ahead of me – I haven’t experienced my ‘good old days’ yet.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good.
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
We have more to offer than just looking good.
I love the unknown, and any day that I get to experience someplace new is a good day.
Finding a good barber is like finding a good lawyer – you gotta go to the same guy.
To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, the ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control that can lead you to be shattered.
Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.
Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
There’s nothing more important than our good health – that’s our principal capital asset.
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.
Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
At its core, bitcoin is a smart currency designed by very forward-thinking engineers. It eliminates the need for banks, gets rid of credit card fees, currency exchange fees, money transfer fees, and reduces the need for lawyers in transitions… all good things.
Everyone has different paths. I’ve been lucky to have a good support system – my family, friends and colleagues to keep me grounded and humble and to keep working hard. I never give up.
Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.
No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more.
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food.
If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it’s not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others – it’s the same with music.
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.
It’s very hard to be a good actor, you know. It’s easy to be cute.
Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.
The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
I do not try to play a role. I feel good being myself and saying what I think.
I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.
My parents couldn’t give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I’ve definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
A hard man is good to find.
Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.
When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.
If you’re not really having a good time, it’s not worth it.
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
Fun is good.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail.
But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn’t do anything – it was given to you.
There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.
Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.
In good times and bad times, never comprise who you are.
Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.
The crest and crowning of all good, Life’s final star, is brotherhood.
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
The good ole days weren’t always good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
Good luck is a residue of preparation.
A cute outfit can really make your day. If I wear something I look good in, my mood just goes way up.
Life started getting good when I started making money.
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.
People say, ‘We remember the good times.’ Well I remember the bad times.
The good man is the friend of all living things.
Things don’t always go your way in football: there are always good and bad times. At the end of the day, you have to have a positive attitude and a strong mentality and not let any setbacks get you down. And that’s what I’ve done – I’ve tried to keep my composure, even when things aren’t going the way I’d like.
People always want welfare, development, and good governance. As long as you are delivering, people are with you.
I’m trying to get myself in good shape, do my workouts, so that when I am back, I am ready to go.
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it’s Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same.
It’s always good to change and keep things fresh, whether it’s a hairstyle or wardrobe.
The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness.
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will – that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.
That’s the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.
Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
I’m a hacker, but I’m the good kind of hackers. And I’ve never been a criminal.
Good copy can’t be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You’ve got to believe in the product.
Everyone’s a critic: when you are doing something good, everybody wants to bring you down, and that’s something I’ve been told. People want to see you do good, but not too good.
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.
We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb.
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
A good restaurant is like a vacation; it transports you, and it becomes a lot more than just about the food.
The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
Baseball has been very good to me.
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.
Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.
I don’t have to wait to realize the good old days.
Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.
We are all products of our experiences, good and bad. Sometimes you learn as much from the negative experiences as you do from the positive.
The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren’t as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
The time that I have on this earth should just be filled with good times.
Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.
It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.
The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week.
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.
I’m so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they’ve been unconditionally supportive in the choices that I’ve made. It’s been very good having them on my side.
Good manners are cost effective. They not only increase the quality of life in the workplace, they contribute to employee morale, embellish the company image, and play a major role in generating profit.
We’re all so busy we don’t make time to enjoy our lives, good company and good food.
Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.
The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences – some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.
If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it’s not a good idea to bring them into the world.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.
Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you?
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.
If it were better, it wouldn’t be as good.
You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.
I need to celebrate life because I’m in a good spot, I work hard, and I am happy with who I am and happy with what I do for a living, and sometimes I just focus and overwhelm myself so much with the fights and getting better, that I just need to slow it down and enjoy life and enjoy training.
To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun.
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
Truth is, I love everyone that is a good person regardless of what they look like, walk like, or who they love.
If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
Some days are just bad days, that’s all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that’s just the way it is!
The good life is built with good relationships.
A good wife always forgives her husband when she’s wrong.
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
You’re only as good as your last haircut.
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, ‘Did you sleep good?’ I said ‘No, I made a few mistakes.’
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it’s a good place that we’re all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.
Everything is a learning lesson, good and bad, so I am happy with the way things are, and I learned from everything negative. I am in a great space now, so I wouldn’t change a thing!
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
No matter how tough my life was, I was always looking up at the sky and wishing for good things.
Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.
Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don’t make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way.
Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
I’ve had long hair, I’ve had short hair, and I’ve had in between hair… and its all good.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.
I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you’ll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you’ll have a bad day where you’re really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, ‘Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?’
For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.
I have found little that is ‘good’ about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.
No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.
Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it.
Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That’s truly about the game, and in some ways that’s about life too.
I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.
In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.
There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.
Every day, you’re only as good as your last show.
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
A director is the captain of the ship; he gets the vision of the film much before anyone else can. While I want to experiment with characters, I know a good director means I am in safe hands.
Fast food is popular because it’s convenient, it’s cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu.
New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It’s all about how people choose to use it.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.
Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
Any tool can be used for good or bad. It’s really the ethics of the artist using it.
To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.
What a miserable thing life is: you’re living in clover, only the clover isn’t good enough.
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
A strong renewable energy industry is good for our environment and our economy.
Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.
A good song never gets old.
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
I cherish my entire life. I’ve been blessed with a life full of good memories.
A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
I do believe we’re all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
We want to do a lot of stuff; we’re not in great shape. We didn’t get a good night’s sleep. We’re a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup.
It’s definitely a privilege to be able to do what you love to do; it’s not something that everyone gets to do, so I feel really good about that.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.
Everything has become so easy. It’s great that it’s at your fingertips, but I miss those good old days. And we’re connected, but it can be very alienating. There is this distance between all of us because we’re speaking to each other through cameras and monitors and icons and Emojis.
Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Less is only more where more is no good.
It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much larger. Some are villains and others are good guys. But all of them are necessary; otherwise, they wouldn’t be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
Be sweet, be good, and honest always.
Love of country, subordination of personal interests to the common good, concern and care for the helpless and the impoverished – these are among the lost and faded values that we seek to recover and revitalize as we commence our journey towards a better Philippines.
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse.
I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters – a family, a home and a good name.
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.
You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!
A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It’s a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it’s because it’s proven.
Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, ‘It’s going to be a good day!’.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.
The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson.
Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun’s shining or not.
Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality.
A good movie makes the audience feel like they’ve journeyed with the characters.
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It’s a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.
A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.
At the end of the day, nobody cares how much you tried, what the deal was, or if you were a good guy or a bad guy.
I have a saying – ‘You treat me good, I’ll treat you better. You treat me bad, I’ll treat you worse. And when in doubt, knock ’em out.’
She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It’s good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.
Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‘Huh. It works. It makes sense.’
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they’ll keep coming back.
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good… when trade stops, war comes.
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
To understand me, you have to meet me and be around me. And then only if I’m in a good mood – don’t meet me in a bad mood.
It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more than police officers to put things right.
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.
Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrition are set, and you’re working out, you’re going to feel good.
I always believe that if you have a good heart, you just want to do what’s right. You don’t want to step on anyone.
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
Surround yourself with good people; surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
Good things happen when you meet strangers.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
I do believe that when you are a good person, good things will happen to you.
If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.
It’s good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.
Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.
I threw up before every single football game I played, and I did so up through my NFL career. It was good pressure. It was pressure to be good. It was pressure to be the best. It was pressure to want to win.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.
A magnetic personality doesn’t necessarily indicate a good heart.
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
I’m happy, I’m in a good place, I’m looking forward to my future.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
I like refried beans. That’s why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they’re just as good and we’re just wasting time. You don’t have to fry them again after all.
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.
You can look in the mirror and find a million things wrong with yourself. Or you can look in the mirror and think, ‘I feel good, I have my health, and I’m so blessed.’ That’s the way I choose to look at it.
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.
No matter how much good you do, there will always be a few per cent of people who don’t support you.
I have no plan. I will leave it to the good things and good times to find me.
Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
Some sunshine is good for the soul, but I always make sure I wear a big hat.
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!
What people don’t understand is joining a gang ain’t bad, it’s cool, it’s fine. When you in the hood, joining a gang it’s cool because all your friends are in the gang, all your family’s in the gang. We’re not just killing people every night, we’re just hanging out, having a good time.
It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.
It’s good to reflect on life and take a step back and sit and relax and do something else.
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
None of Us is as Good as All of Us.
You can’t change the world alone – you will need some help – and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.
There’s definitely a lot of responsibility to keep the good energy going.
There’s nothing simple when you’re in this ‘Good Place.’
People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won’t be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves. I think at any age or any social class, that’s present.
Only the young die good.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
There’s a reason good fabrics have a cost. They’re done with good quality to last.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don’t have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.
The good old days are now.
I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
I’m not a good dancer, but I try. I don’t really have the moves.
The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’
Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay.
And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
It’s very intense to be in front of a live audience. It’s just an amazing experience. It’s dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It’s electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you’re on this other planet.
All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
I’m lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.
If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good guy, I’ll try to find his darkness or his flaws. Because I don’t believe in good and evil. I believe in grays.
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
No man is good enough to be another’s master.
You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go.
The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
A good captain is great only if he has a great team.
Be not simply good – be good for something.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.
I believe that if you work hard and you never get to enjoy it then what’s the point. You can’t take any of this with you, the money or nothing. The only thing you can take is experiences, memories and good times, so I like to get amongst it as much as I can.
No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.
We can choose to wake up and grumble all day and be bitter and angry and judge others and find satisfaction in others doing bad instead of good. Or we can we wake up with optimism and love and say, ‘Just what is this beautiful day going to bring me?’
All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.
Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.
If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Men are liars. We’ll lie about lying if we have to. I’m an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don’t realize it. Even if you’re not a great chef, there’s nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn’t.
Good can exist in bad, and bad can exist in good. It’s not black and white.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.’
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s.
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good.
You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving – and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it – and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.
I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.
No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
We cannot make good news out of bad practice.
Life’s too short to dwell on things. When you go through experiences that are bad, it’s a good thing. You learn from it – become a stronger person. Life is a roller coaster, and you don’t know what’s going to be thrown at you next, so all you can do is give it your best shot.
It’s good to shut up sometimes.
Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay.
Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
I’m not good at future planning. I don’t plan at all. I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I don’t have a day planner and I don’t have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
Inspiration is one thing and you can’t control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Most people don’t like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.
The most important thing, in anything you do, is always trying your hardest, because even if you try your hardest and it’s not as good as you’d hoped, you still have that sense of not letting yourself down.
I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I’m not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person – love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
I’m always gonna be smiling. I’m always gonna be in a good mood.
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession.
Good things happen to those who hustle.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.
Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Life is all about having a good time.
My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what’s keeping my head above the water.
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one’s life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.
College is something I’ve always said I wanted to do, but you’re going there to get a piece of paper that says you can get a job, but if I’m already working steadily and doing good work, it makes you question your priorities. Right now, I’m in my own film college: filming a TV show.
When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
With good music, yes, we can bring people together because a good song will touch your soul no matter what and where it is coming from.
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Win or lose, I’ll feel good about myself. That’s what is important.
There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so much good in it, and ended up feeling guilty about it. He had to do something to make it fair. And so, he created the French people.
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
When government – in pursuit of good intentions – tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn’t you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness.
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.
There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
I basically taught myself how to DJ, but I’ve been inspired by DJs throughout my whole career. I have some good friends that would hook us up with music. You learn some little things here and there from each DJ and you just take it and put your own style into to it.
The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
I live a very joyful life, with a lot of laughter and good times.
If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.
Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‘I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.’ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.
High school is what kind of grows you into the person you are. I have great memories, good and bad, some learning experiences and some that I’ll take with me the rest of my life.
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
Because you know what happens when you say ‘hello’ or ‘good morning?’ You make a connection. And isn’t that what being human is all about?
In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.
It is always good to make new friends.
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
Life moves so fast. You gotta document the good times, man.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly.
Good manners don’t cost nothing.
What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
A good beginning makes a good end.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.
I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good.
A good husband makes a good wife.
Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good.
Good words cool more than cold water.
I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man’s own will.
Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences – beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you.
You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.
I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
I’m just thankful I’m surrounded by good people.
It’s good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
Unless you have bad times, you can’t appreciate the good times.
Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life – all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
My beliefs are that good people who work hard get their rewards. There will be struggle at times and hurdles along the way – life throws up all sorts – but in the end, you will prevail if you stick to the right path.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.
Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.
Surround yourself with really good people. I think that’s an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.
You should do what other people do, unless you have a very good reason not to.
I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.
A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
Common sense often makes good law.
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.
Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all.
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
In modern war… you will die like a dog for no good reason.
Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.
I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.
It’s a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.
It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.
Doing well is the result of doing good. That’s what capitalism is all about.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
I’m a good guy with a good heart, and I have good intentions.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
One way to feel good about yourself is to love yourself… to take care of yourself.
All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
In conclusion, good quotes have the potential to be transformative, guiding us on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth. They serve as beacons of inspiration, reminding us of the profound truths that underpin a fulfilling life. By embracing the wisdom contained within these quotes, we can cultivate a positive mindset, nurture our relationships, and find purpose in our pursuits.
As we conclude our exploration of good quotes, let us carry their essence with us and allow them to shape our thoughts and actions. Let us seek out these nuggets of wisdom, and in doing so, let us create a life filled with kindness, love, and meaning. May these good quotes continue to inspire us, uplift us, and serve as constant reminders of the immense power we hold to make a positive difference in our own lives and the lives of others.
In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” Let us be inspired by these good quotes to be the best versions of ourselves and to spread goodness wherever we go.
