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.
