Be Good Quotes

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

Statistics and numbers are no good unless you have good people to analyse and then interpret their meaning and importance.

Affirmations are like seed planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work.

In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.

Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things.

What a miserable thing life is: you're in clover; only the clover isn't good enough.

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

Hell is full of good wishes or desires.

I know when I feel good when I play. There's a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in the studio it's still playing live. For me, it's what expands my soul.

The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.

Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the Beauty and Usefulness of Virtue of all Kinds, Publick Spirit, Fortitude.

If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism.

Good people are always so sure they're right.

Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager

I think I have a really good work ethic.

I was a good student, but I didn't like school.

It is a very nice world-that is, if you remember that while morals are all-important between the Lord and His creatures, what counts between one creature and another is good manners.

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.

Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.

The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.

The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.

I love the ocean and have a passion for surfing, even though I'm not very good at it. I like getting out there and paddling around.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

This kid deserves anything good that happens to him. He's such a good guy. He's just the nicest human being you want to meet.

There's going to be good plays that happen and bad plays that happen, but at the end of the day, when you have the chance to hit a big play, you have to hit it.

Rock and roll is about having a good time.

Good health makes a lot of sense, but it does not make a lot of dollars.

The good thing about this game? There's always tomorrow.

A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it as a handing down of answers.

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.

My best advice for mental training is simply to create good habits, in order to build a sense of security and calm around you.

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart...

It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good thing

I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.

Bertrand Russell would not have wished to be called a saint of any description; but he was a great and good man.

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself

Don't waste a good mistake, learn from it.

I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality.

I'm not a poster boy for good behavior and recovery in Hollywood, I'm just a guy who knows he has a lot to be grateful for.

[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.