How To Be Good Quotes

Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

When you have a good heart: You help too much. You trust too much. You give too much. You love too much. And it always seems you hurt the most.

My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.

A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

Playing the sport has taught me about teamwork and how to be a good team player, social skills and most importantly, dedication.

He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.

I dont rely on feng shui. I believe hard work brings us good luck and success.

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good.

All good men are international. Nearly all bad men are cosmopolitan. If we are to be international we must be national.

You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats...

My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions.

To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our time, is only a letter written to oneself.

As soon as you're interested in what is good taste, then you're in bad taste land already. What's comfortable and what represents your life, what's unique and individual about you, that's style.

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.

Since God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts, let us also be satisfied with the outcome He gives to them, and our actions will never be without good results

Better a good enemy than a bad friend.

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

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.

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.

Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.

Every good painter paints what he is.

That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.

I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

I think we all do have a guardian angel. I believe they work through us all the time, when we are thoughtful and good and kind to each other.

I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.

Cinderella said to snow white, how does love get so off course? All I wanted was a white knight with a good heart, soft touch, fast horse.

I lived in a project and...didn't have a good education. But...I'd listen to the preacher, who said that God would show me the way. Everything starts from that confidence.

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.

Nothing is too good to be true.

I definitely can't live without eyeliner but a good way to get by is to decorate your eye lashes!

It's all about having fun. Play hard and fair, don't hurt anybody. Feel good about what you're doing and how you're doing it.

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

Don't give until it hurts, give until it feels good.

Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love...it's: Wow, life is good.

Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.

An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long as you keep that in mind, you are never really disappointed.

To develop good thoughts and acts, we must live and associate with good people.

Going in the wrong direction but making really good time

The phrase "Be Good to Each Other" is very important to me and something that I wish had been said more when I was in high school.