Here we have the best Good Quotes from famous authors such as Edwin Booth, Volodymyr Zelensky, Brandon Lee, Arthur C. Clarke, Mitch Hedberg. Find the perfect quotation from our collection.
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.
Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad.
I attack ideas. I don’t attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And if you can’t separate the two, you gotta get another day job. You don’t want to be a judge. At least not a judge on a multi-member panel.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
It’s really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they’re thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.
I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
You’re only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.
Nobody can predict the future. You just have to give your all to the relationship you’re in and do your best to take care of your partner, communicate and give them every last drop of love you have. I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.
When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion.
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.
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.
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good… when trade stops, war comes.
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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.
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
It’s good to shut up sometimes.
The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.
There’s nothing more important than our good health – that’s our principal capital asset.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
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.
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world.
I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
The good old days are now.
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
It’s a good thing we don’t get all the government we pay for.
I’m surrounded by good people, and I surround myself with good people.
I have no plan. I will leave it to the good things and good times to find me.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
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.
I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I’m a strong person and a strong individual. And that’s what I take with me every day.
One of my sayings is: look good, feel good, do good.
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.
Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.
Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good.
Good luck is a residue of preparation.
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.
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.
If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.
A good teacher is a determined person.
It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The good ole days weren’t always good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
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.
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
Free is the best. Anything free is good.
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.
You should do what other people do, unless you have a very good reason not to.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.
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.
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.
Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
Unless you have bad times, you can’t appreciate the good times.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.
Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
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.
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.
A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.
There’s too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin’ to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there’s a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you’re not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.
If it were better, it wouldn’t be as good.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
I’ve had long hair, I’ve had short hair, and I’ve had in between hair… and its all good.
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
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.
I’m surrounded by nothing but great people. I’ve been blessed with that, so really, I’ve got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
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.
In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad.
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, ‘Did you sleep good?’ I said ‘No, I made a few mistakes.’
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
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.
Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
I’m La Flame at all times. That, at times, can be bad, at times can be good.
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.
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 conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
My definition of a good hotel is a place I’d stay at.
Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
Evil and good are God’s right hand and left.
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.
Life started getting good when I started making money.
I’d like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
No man is good enough to be another’s master.
The good and bad things are what form us as people… change makes us grow.
I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
Common sense often makes good law.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
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.’
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.
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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.
There’s nothing simple when you’re in this ‘Good Place.’
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
People always want welfare, development, and good governance. As long as you are delivering, people are with you.
Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
We have more to offer than just looking good.
A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.
Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all.
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.
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.
The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
A good song never gets old.
Only the young die good.
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.
Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
Looking good is the best revenge.
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.
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.
There’s definitely a lot of responsibility to keep the good energy going.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
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.
Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.
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.
Less is only more where more is no good.
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.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
In good times and bad times, never comprise who you are.
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.
Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.
If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
When you think positive, good things happen.
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.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly.
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
It doesn’t matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.
Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.
I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Good times don’t last long sometimes.
As long as you know yourself and you got good people around you and you passionate about what you do, that’s all that matters because at the end of the day, you go to sleep with the people you love, you wake up with the people you love, and you spend your time with the people you love.
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.
You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
None of Us is as Good as All of Us.
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.
It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.
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.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.
I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good.
I wake up every day and I think, ‘I’m breathing! It’s a good day.’
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
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.
However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.
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.
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
I get way too much happiness from good food.
Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.
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.
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.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
They’re only truly great who are truly good.
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.
I’m just here for good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever. Especially if they’re around me.
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 line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
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!
I do believe in the old saying, ‘What does not kill you makes you stronger.’ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.
We cannot make good news out of bad practice.
Life is all about having a good time.
I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.
A good restaurant is like a vacation; it transports you, and it becomes a lot more than just about the food.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
If you feel good about who you are inside, it will radiate.
If you’re not really having a good time, it’s not worth it.
Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
No matter how much good you do, there will always be a few per cent of people who don’t support you.
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.
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.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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.
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.
Everywhere’s a party with me – I’m a factory of good times.
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.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.
I don’t have to wait to realize the good old days.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
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.
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
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.
Anyone can take the wheel of the ship in calm water but it’s not so easy when it’s not calm water. You can’t just enjoy the good times, you have to be resilient in the tough times.
People say, ‘We remember the good times.’ Well I remember the bad times.
Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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.
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.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
The crest and crowning of all good, Life’s final star, is brotherhood.
I don’t think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn’t be.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
Be not simply good – be good for something.
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.
Nothing good ever comes of violence.
I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.
I think good work, sincerity and discipline speak for themselves.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise… Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
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 good husband makes a good wife.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
It’s very hard to be a good actor, you know. It’s easy to be cute.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed… I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.
The only good political movement I’ve seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.
There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
My mission is to make the world happy and cute and to love everyone. I think I’m doing a pretty good job.
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
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.
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.
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.
Fun is good.
Finance is not merely about making money. It’s about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It’s about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society.
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
A hard man is good to find.
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.
Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.
The crest and crowning of all good, Life’s final star, is brotherhood.
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.
I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.
People had lost trust in governance. Getting back that trust, instilling a sense of hope and belief that good governance and development would be back on track, is my biggest achievement.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
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.
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.
A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers.
My motto is: more good times.
I’m always gonna be smiling. I’m always gonna be in a good mood.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
I do believe that when you are a good person, good things will happen to you.
Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.
Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a bus.
There’s nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.
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.
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
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.
Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.
A great man‘s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
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.
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
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.
Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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.
Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.
All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
I’m at peace with what I’m doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.
A good education is a foundation for a better future.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
It is always good to make new friends.
Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.
A good wife always forgives her husband when she’s wrong.
Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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.
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
It’s good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Some sunshine is good for the soul, but I always make sure I wear a big hat.
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
Change is always good. It brings you to a new place.
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.
One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.
No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
Football is about joy. It’s about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
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.
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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.
What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise.
A simple life is good with me. I don’t need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I’m happy.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.
Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.
At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
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.
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.
Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.
Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience‘s attention, then he can teach his lesson.
It keeps me humble just to know exactly where I came from and all the hard work I had to put in to be here. It feels good to reminisce about the past.
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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?’
Surround yourself with really good people. I think that’s an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
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.’
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
To be a good citizen, it’s important to be able to put yourself in other people’s shoes and see the big picture. If everything you see is rooted in your own identity, that becomes difficult or impossible.
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
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.
It’s all about the experience and having a good time and connecting with the fans.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
The good life is built with good relationships.
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters – a family, a home and a good name.
It’s good to have a good teacher, but you always need a pretty good student.
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.
So a good teacher always makes you do something a little bit more than you thought that you could do.
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.
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
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.
It is better to look good than to feel good.
Good things happen to those who hustle.
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.
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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.
Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
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.
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
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.
What a miserable thing life is: you’re living in clover, only the clover isn’t good enough.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
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.
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.
I’m a good guy with a good heart, and I have good intentions.
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.
Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They’re no good at all.
In modern war… you will die like a dog for no good reason.
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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.
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
It’s a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.
If it looks good, you’ll see it. If it sounds good, you’ll hear it. If its marketed right, you’ll buy it. But… If its real… you’ll feel it.
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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.
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.
Every day, you’re only as good as your last show.
Learn to… be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.
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!
