Good Quotes

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.

Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.