Good Quotes

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

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

"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."

"Be sweet, be good, and honest always."

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

"To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture. If everything you see is rooted in your own identity, that becomes difficult or impossible."

"Have a very good reason for everything you do."

"I'd rather be lucky than good."

"We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb."

"In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense."

"I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship."

"Any tool can be used for good or bad. It's really the ethics of the artist using it."

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."

"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble."

"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it."

"There is beauty in our roots. Sometimes we think our roots are shameful, and people tell you that you're no good or your ancestors are no good or that you come from a neighborhood of no hope and terrible crime. But it's about the beauty of those places, and I carry that with me."

"Flexibility is crucial to my fitness. Incorporating a good warm-up and cool-down into every session decreases my chances of injury. I use both dynamic and static stretching in my training. I've starting doing a few yoga sessions which incorporates muscle strength and flexibility."

"I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling."

"Fashions come and go, but good health is a treasure to keep."

"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions."

"The good old days are now."

"There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning."

"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not."

"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit."

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

"What can cake teach you about life? That practice makes perfect, and if you try something once, it probably won't be perfect, and you have to keep working on it if you want to be good at it."

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use."

"Good enough never is."

"Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company."