The Good Quotes

Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?

Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole.

The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.

nobody is a good judge in his own cause!

I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

Knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer.

What i value more than all things, good humor.

All problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.

Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.

Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best: Good husbandry baggeth Up gold in his chest.

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes

But I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, expect there's still this sound you can't hear.

There won't be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won't be any more white folks around who actually remember them.

Idols are often good things that we have made into ultimate things.

Idolatry happens when we take good things and make them ultimate things

I know how important good mental health care can be because I personally benefited from it.

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece

To live and to laugh require a reason. But dancing is so close to one's guts that it has no reason and yet it needs none; it's physical, and as a source of good cheer it is end endless.

Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees.

For the drivers, a weekend off would be nice, but for the fans, it would not be a very good deal.

I'm just trying to figure out the right balance between making fans feel good and also maintaining some dignity for myself in the process.

Good writing is rewriting.

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!

No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.

A good friend is like a wonderful book, the inside is even better than the cover!

Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously.

We've have to heed our Biblical obligation to be good stewards of the Earth after leaving the Garden of Eden.

Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!

If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.

Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven.

I've heard a lot of crack stories. I heard a RZA crack story, up close and personal, over a platter of 100 chicken wings that only him and his friend ate. It was a good day.

Since I am a great sinner, I cannot reject those who have been, provided they have good will.

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love.

A good action is preferable to an argument.

A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

Somebody has to be prepared to be the good guy from time to time in order for the human race to prosper, though most people don't want it to be them.

We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.

I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.

Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest.

Angels are happier than men and devils, because they are not always prying after good and evil in one another, and eating the tree of knowledge for Satan's gratification.

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.

What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.

I try to be as ruthless as possible. I ask myself of each sentence, "Is it clear? Is it true? Does it feel good?" And if it's not, then I rewrite it.