Good Quotes

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me.

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin'.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.

Liars need to have good memories.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.