Good Quotes

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.

In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.

A good deed is a good deed.

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position.

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor.

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

David Boreanaz is actually a very good director and he directed one of our episodes. Excellent director, knew exactly what he wanted. We never had long days with David. He was great, he knew exactly what he wanted and he's a fantastic director.

And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you?ve got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime.

When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

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

I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.