The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Dalai Lama
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart. Anne Frank
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion. Abraham Lincoln
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. Mother Teresa
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Plato
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. Buddha
The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow. Bob Marley
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly. Oscar Wilde
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. Bernard Meltzer
I can live for two months on a good compliment. Mark Twain
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. Theodore Roosevelt
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Jesus Christ
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them. Swami Vivekananda
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. Benjamin Franklin
When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad I’m better. Mae West
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. John D. Rockefeller
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Will Rogers
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good. Bill Gates
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. Voltaire
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. Booker T. Washington
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s. Richard Whately
You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. Dr. Seuss
Good things happen to those who hustle. Anais Nin
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Samuel Johnson
If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one. Cavett Robert
It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge
Learn to… be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. Henri Frederic Amiel
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. Washington Irving
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. George Orwell
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It’s good to shut up sometimes. Marcel Marceau
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. Blaise Pascal
Less is only more where more is no good. Frank Lloyd Wright
Acorns were good until bread was found. Francis Bacon
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil. Plutarch
What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise. Barbara Jordan
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. Josh Billings
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford. Dave Barry
Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Warren G. Bennis
Only the young die good. Oliver Herford
I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future. Dan Quayle
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. Ninon de L’Enclos
Good copy can’t be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You’ve got to believe in the product. David Ogilvy
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. E. W. Howe
Be sweet, be good, and honest always. Emma Bunton
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. Charles Evans Hughes
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more. John Bunyan
They’re only truly great who are truly good. George Chapman
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. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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. Audrey Hepburn
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill
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. Frank Sinatra
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. Buddha
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley
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. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities. Thomas Jefferson
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. Socrates
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. Mahatma Gandhi
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? Buddha
Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. Roger Babson
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. Chanakya
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Bo Bennett
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go. Margaret Walker
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. Confucius
To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good. George Washington
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. Michel de Montaigne
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. Albert Einstein
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. Godfrey Winn
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. Helen Keller
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein
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. Buddha
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Thomas Jefferson
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain
I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious. Vince Lombardi
You can’t stop loving or wanting to love because when its right it’s the best thing in the world. When you’re in a relationship and its good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete. Keith Sweat
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. Eleanor Roosevelt
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. Albert Einstein
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. Buddha
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. Harvey Fierstein
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent. Abraham Lincoln
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. Ann Landers
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. Abraham Lincoln
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. Buddha
Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. Buddha
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. Confucius
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. Buddha
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Oscar Wilde
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. Dalai Lama
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein
I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good. Sandra Bullock
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C. S. Lewis
All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me. Tupac Shakur
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. William Shakespeare
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. Abraham Lincoln
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Benjamin Franklin
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. Helen Keller
Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it’s not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long. Amy Grant
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. Milton Friedman
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company. George Washington
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. John Wooden
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. Joel Osteen
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. Maya Angelou
Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good. Lao Tzu
The evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones. William Shakespeare
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. Sigmund Freud
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. Lao Tzu
It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. Mark Twain
Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best. John C. Maxwell
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. Baltasar Gracian
Golf is a good walk spoiled. Mark Twain
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy if not, you’ll become a philosopher. Socrates
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. Swami Vivekananda
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin
Even when a person has all of life’s comforts – good food, good shelter, a companion – he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation. Dalai Lama
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. Jim Rohn
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work. Mark Twain
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. Chanakya
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin
There is no such thing as a good tax. Winston Churchill
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. Confucius
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. Martin Luther
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. John Muir
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good. Dalai Lama
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. Oscar Wilde
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu
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. Eileen Caddy
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. Mark Twain
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Mark Twain
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi
An overflow of good converts to bad. William Shakespeare
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Mark Twain
The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you’re rich. P. J. O’Rourke
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Mark Twain
A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. Hugh Sidey
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. Mark Twain
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. William Shakespeare
I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright
To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. Mark Twain
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks. Mark Twain
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before. Mark Twain
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. William Shakespeare
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt
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. Kurt Cobain
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. David Rockefeller
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Winston Churchill
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. William Shakespeare
Great and good are seldom the same man. Winston Churchill
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank. Winston Churchill
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. Thomas Jefferson
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. Winston Churchill
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. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. William Shakespeare
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. Oscar Wilde
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea. Mahatma Gandhi
The good man is the friend of all living things. Mahatma Gandhi
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. Josh Billings
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. Thomas Jefferson
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. Thomas Jefferson
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. Aristotle
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. Hunter S. Thompson
Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don’t know why he’s with me. I don’t know whether I’m good enough. But if I make him happy, then I’m everything I want to be. Angelina Jolie
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. Oscar Wilde
I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad. Thomas Jefferson
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. Thomas Jefferson
Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds. William Shakespeare
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. Thomas Jefferson
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best. Margaret Thatcher
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others. Mahatma Gandhi
Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives. Marilyn Monroe
It’s like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don’t know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It’s like the throw of the dice. Jim Morrison
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. Henry David Thoreau
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. Anne Frank
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal. Mahatma Gandhi
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. Eleanor Roosevelt
I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn’t work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality. Mitch Hedberg
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. Eleanor Roosevelt
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. Benjamin Franklin
If one plays good music, people don’t listen and if one plays bad music people don’t talk. Oscar Wilde
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion. Oscar Wilde
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. Plato
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottage princes’ palaces. William Shakespeare
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde
When good Americans die they go to Paris. Oscar Wilde
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. Mahatma Gandhi
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. Ronald Reagan
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. Napoleon Bonaparte
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means. Oscar Wilde
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. William Shakespeare
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart. William Shakespeare
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. George S. Patton
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good. Mahatma Gandhi
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. Oscar Wilde
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench for this gear. William Shakespeare
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. Johnny Depp
Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not? LeBron James
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. Confucius
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. Oscar Wilde
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
Paris is always a good idea. Audrey Hepburn
I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that. Gillian Anderson
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer. Muhammad Ali
About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. Ernest Hemingway
A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do. Joel Osteen
How true Daddy’s words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. Anne Frank
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. Anne Frank
Be not simply good – be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. Benjamin Franklin
Diligence is the mother of good luck. Benjamin Franklin
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. Scott Alexander
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. Benjamin Franklin
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. Benjamin Franklin
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. Lao Tzu
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. Aristotle
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well. Yannick Noah
When one has not had a good father, one must create one. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. Confucius
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. Benjamin Franklin
It doesn’t do good to open doors for someone who doesn’t have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts. Ronald Reagan
There was never a good war, or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward
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. Niccolo Machiavelli
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. Alan Cohen
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. Dr. Seuss
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. Robert Green Ingersoll
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. Hunter S. Thompson
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. Benjamin Franklin
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. Benjamin Franklin
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. Benjamin Franklin
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. Plato
Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don’t believe the kids should be given homework. Bill Cosby
The pay is good and I can walk to work. John F. Kennedy
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. Benjamin Franklin
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. Ray Bradbury
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. Charles Spurgeon
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. Plato
I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess. Angelina Jolie
A good indignation brings out all one’s powers. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. Socrates
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. Michael Jordan
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Albert Schweitzer
Necessity never made a good bargain. Benjamin Franklin
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac
Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves. Albert Camus
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing well is the result of doing good. That’s what capitalism is all about. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. George Washington
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. Toni Morrison
I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. Lao Tzu
Good men must not obey the laws too well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. Friedrich Nietzsche
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. Lao Tzu
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. Aristotle
Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser. Vince Lombardi
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. Aristotle
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what’s happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don’t seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids. Steve Jobs
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. J. P. Morgan
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche
Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. Joan Rivers
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. Aristotle
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.’ Lao Tzu
It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. Wayne Gretzky
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. Aristotle
Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good. Woody Allen
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. Yogi Berra
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. Steve Jobs
The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself. Ernest Hemingway
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it’s surest support. George Washington
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. Elbert Hubbard
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. Aristotle
It’s true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you’ll find you’ve created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. Caroline Kennedy
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his ‘divine service.’ Friedrich Nietzsche
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. Nelson Mandela
If you’re not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I’d rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%. Will Smith
What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can’t I just be an ordinary woman? Marilyn Monroe
Fame is like caviar, you know – it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. Marilyn Monroe
What good am I? I can’t have kids. I can’t cook. I’ve been divorced three times. Who would want me? Marilyn Monroe
I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly. Marilyn Monroe
What’s the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another? Marilyn Monroe
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship. Marilyn Monroe
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. Marilyn Monroe
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin? Marilyn Monroe
I don’t know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can’t stand to be invited someplace that isn’t full of other important people. They don’t mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners. Marilyn Monroe
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. Grenville Kleiser
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good. Friedrich Nietzsche
If you’re married, and you have a wife, and you really love your wife, is it good enough to only say to your wife ‘I love her’ the day you get married? Or should you tell her every single day when you wake up and every opportunity? And that’s how I feel about my relationship with Jesus Christ is that it is the most important thing in my life. Tim Tebow
It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around. Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. Friedrich Nietzsche
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. Walt Whitman
As for doing good that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. Henry David Thoreau
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Zig Ziglar
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. Emily Post
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. Salvador Dali
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. Albert Camus
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.’ Barack Obama
There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are – more humane. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Saint Basil
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. Ernest Hemingway
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. Friedrich Nietzsche
You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Niccolo Machiavelli
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Marcus Aurelius
Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea. Jim Rohn
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. Plato
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. Friedrich Nietzsche
Here’s the good news. If I realize that I’m insane, then I’m okay with it. I’m not dangerous insane. Charlie Sheen
I don’t think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good. Oprah Winfrey
Honestly, I’d love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I’m doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I’m doing. Eminem
I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. Kurt Cobain
A man of great common sense and good taste – meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. George Bernard Shaw
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. Theodore Roosevelt
It feels good to have your work respected again. Eminem
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. Socrates
Fun is good. Dr. Seuss
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Mae West
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Plato
When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better. Mae West
I’ve always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best. Zig Ziglar
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. Albert Camus
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. George Carlin
You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans. George Carlin
Good artists copy, great artists steal. Pablo Picasso
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. Elbert Hubbard
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. Henry David Thoreau
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family – and I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. Frank Sinatra
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there. Marcus Garvey
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! Anne Frank
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. Socrates
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. Mitch Hedberg
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. Will Rogers
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. Theodore Roosevelt
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. Henry Ward Beecher
I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while. Henry David Thoreau
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages. Henry David Thoreau
I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I’m an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after. Cat Stevens
People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace. Zig Ziglar
I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. Grandma Moses
In modern war… you will die like a dog for no good reason. Ernest Hemingway
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Plato
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. George Bernard Shaw
Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body – by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor. Grantland Rice
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Robert A. Heinlein
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. Kelly Clarkson
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. Andy Warhol
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us. George Bernard Shaw
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make. Donald Trump
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!’. Lindsay Lohan
He’s a man of great common sense and good taste – meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. George Bernard Shaw
Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. Wayne Dyer
Do your little bit of good where you are its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu
I wish they’d had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would’ve been straightened out. Jimi Hendrix
It’s easier to replace a dead man than a good picture. George Bernard Shaw
I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody. Barack Obama
A hard man is good to find. Mae West
Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun’s shining or not. Marty Robbins
Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall. Mitch Hedberg
There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. Plato
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed. Cavett Robert
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work. Elbert Hubbard
I am confident that nobody… will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. Nelson Mandela
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. Milton Friedman
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares. Elbert Hubbard
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller
Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. Robert E. Lee
Don’t gamble take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it. Will Rogers
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. Thomas Sowell
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Baltasar Gracian
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. George Washington
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. Voltaire
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James A. Baldwin
Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action. Mitt Romney
I like a man who’s good, but not too good – for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. Mae West
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. Carl Sagan
There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change. Albert Camus
Do not ever say that the desire to ‘do good’ by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. Ayn Rand
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan
I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time. Bill Cosby
To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today. Albert Camus
I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend’s garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together. Steve Jobs
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. Ernest Hemingway
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. Robert Louis Stevenson
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. Niccolo Machiavelli
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. Sigmund Freud
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine
Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all. Johnny Depp
I’ve always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way. Leo Buscaglia
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. Kid Rock
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a