The Good Quotes

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life

The good man is he for whom, because he is virtuous, the things that are absolutely good are good; it is also plain that his use of these goods must be virtuous and in the absolute sense good.

The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.

The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.

I quit because I'm so tired of hearing bad news about cigarettes... Even if they discover good news, they don't publicize it - like the fact that smoking seriously reduces the risk of jogging.

When I was a child of four I wasn't really drawing like a child, I wasn't sketching as a child. I would sketch and I was using perspective, the good relationship of the subject.

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.

As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there.

My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.

I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place.

But I live an interesting life and I can tell a pretty good story and it has helped my career. But the downside is people know everything.

Everybody's looking for a good time. Don't you know a good time doesn't hurt?

I focus on having a feminine body, a dancer's body. I do resistance and dance and cardio. I like hiking, swimming, being active. It clears your mind and it's a good way to decompress.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.

The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.

Good golf is easier to play-and far more pleasant-than bad golf.

I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!

I've been very good for gun manufacturers.

I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.

Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.

What a good thing there is no marriage or giving in marriage in the after-life; it will certainly help to smooth things out.

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.

Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.

I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.

Good writing is about finding and exploiting anecdotes that resonate with the reader. In storytelling, it's OK if you only make one point, as long as it's a good one.

I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.

A good life is a main argument.

Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.

I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.

Good managements produce a good average market price, and bad managements produce bad market prices.

... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.

Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.

Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.

I've always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel.

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.

Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore.

The best thing is looking back and realizing how good life is. If you don't take the time to think about it and analyze it, you'll never realize all the dots that are connected.

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.