The Good Quotes

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.

At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.

O, when it comes to faith, what a living, creative, active, powerful thing it is. It cannot do other than good at all times. It never waits to ask whether there is some good work to do.

Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.

Time has been used destructively by people of ill will much more than it has been used constructively by those of good will.

I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog.

You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman.

If being good isn't working - try being outrageous.

A life rooted deeply lives and grows in memory.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavory.

good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.

... good intentions are not sufficient to solve our problems.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

Give me good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; but where and how that something comes I leave to Thee, who knoweth best.

Of course I want to be good, but that may not be to your advantage.

As you perform good actions selflessly, true love will blossom, which will purify our emotional mind.

My parents raised me right, so I always open doors for people and try to have good manners.

I started really young, like 12 or 13, and then I started doing school plays. We had a really good drama department, so the kind of drama-geek stigma wasn't really there in my high school.

One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow.

We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.

You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters.

Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect.

My idea of a good work-out is two hours spent worrying about the bags under my eyes.

I began to rationalize marrying Will [William Houston Price]. 'He comes from a good family. A girl could do worse.' (As it turned out, I couldn't, but I didn't know that yet.)

It is a great good fortune, as Stendhal said, for one "to have his passion as a profession.

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.

It's my hope that as you dip your toe into the Bible's story and viewpoint, you'll find yourself feeling that the Good Book knows more about the world - and about you - than any normal book does.

This is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing.

Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.

Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.

Competitions are what you do as a good exercise.

When a person tells others "Be good," he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.

A good book for an illiterate is a golden ring for a fingerless hand!

If you are stuck only at your culture, you will miss thousands of good things in other cultures; and more importantly, you will miss many truths!

If you have a beautiful view, you don't need a good wine to feel dizzy.

With a good heart, you can win many battles!

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

I guess I define myself as a mother, a wife, kind of a nutty person. A good person.

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy.

People drink and do drugs for a reason. Cause it makes them feel good - until it doesn't anymore.

There's a lot of good things about England, but I don't want to tell you too many of them.

Use your energy for good and it will be replenished with more good energy, use you energy for bad and your energy will be drained.

Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!

On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one.

One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.

There is no adversity that cannot be overcome by good character.

Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character.

It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.

It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.