The Good Quotes
Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.
To look around at what you have accomplished in a day gives a man a good feeling. Too many men work on parts of things. Doing a job to completeness satisfies a man.
I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.
Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.
We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.
Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.
Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.
Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.
Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is.
Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art, and good writing can be good selling.
I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'
A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a knowledge of the opponent's good and bad qualities is of the greatest importance.
Happiness is knowin' you've done a good job, whether it's professional or for another person.
Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
A good neighbor sometimes cuts your morning up to mince-meat of the very smallest talk, then helps to sugar her bohea at night with your reputation.
Each time a new war is disclosed in the name of the fight of the good against evil, those who are killed are all poor. It's always the same story repeating once and again and again.
Life is simple. Make good decisions and good things happen. Make bad decisions and bad things happen.
I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.
I personally feel that I should support people who are doing good work and people should also support such good work.
The good news is that going blind is not going to make you as unhappy as you think it will. The bad news is that winning the lottery will not make you as happy as you expect.
When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.
If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.
Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.
I try to grow like a tree, and hope that I can reach my full potential by the end of this short life. Change is good but growth is better.
What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.
Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news.
Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook is never quite the same.
A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.
It's no coincidence that good words make us feel good and that hurtful or angry words make us feel bad. There is a 100 percent correlation between the words we choose and how we feel.