Good Quotes

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.

Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

I have found little that is "good" about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.