Be Good Quotes

Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by thinking about all the other bones you have that aren't broken.

I haven’t been right all year. I guess, you know, when you don’t feel good, and you still get hits, that’s when you know you are a bad man.

My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.

Think of everything you've ever experienced that was painful; that's the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that's the meaning of Easter.

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.

Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

I can only think of so many good ideas in a week. Having other people contribute makes my life easier.

If you're old enough, you're good enough

I got some very good advice once. That was: You're not talking to a reporter, you're talking to the public. We didn't hide things. They are a little more guarded now.

Death cannot put the brakes on a good dream.

To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.

Good things, by their nature, are fleeting. It’s those that bring us grief that linger.

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

I make sure that my pictures are not too erotic and that they always have a trace of humor. I make sure they are ‘in good taste.’ Either you understand it or not.

You just have to say, 'It’s pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I’m OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this

An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.

A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.

Sometimes it is a good choice not to choose at all.

I like to have a peek, see what the audience is doing during the opening act, because it gives you a clue and gives you a good feeling of where you are - the air can be different in different places.

Good Friday was the worst Friday until Sunday.

In good relationships, we are happy to grow as the other person becomes part of us and who we are.

The good news in investing is there are no HR problems. If there are no humans, there are no problems!

The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.

As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around.

I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.

I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything.

I am going to continue to work hard, but I do not take it too seriously, I just do what feels right and I really want to have a good time.

When every day seems the same, it is because we have stopped noticing the good things that appear in our lives.

Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.

The truth is that good and bad coexist; sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.

Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

I think good art, if I could be pretentious enough to say, I think good art deals with the micro to explain the macro.

Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men.

Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

He who ceases to be better, ceases to be good.

My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere.

Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to receive is feel good.

Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures.

Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.

If POSIX threads are a good thing, perhaps I don't want to know what they're better than.

[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.

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.

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

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

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

You have to be willing to put yourself in position for good things to happen