Good Quotes by Lou Holtz, Confucius, e. e. cummings, Martin Luther, Zack Steffen, Ronald Reagan and many others.
Better is the enemy of good.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
None of Us is as Good as All of Us.
People had lost trust in governance. Getting back that trust, instilling a sense of hope and belief that good governance and development would be back on track, is my biggest achievement.
Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
I believe that if you work hard and you never get to enjoy it then what’s the point. You can’t take any of this with you, the money or nothing. The only thing you can take is experiences, memories and good times, so I like to get amongst it as much as I can.
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.
If it were better, it wouldn’t be as good.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.
A liar should have a good memory.
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.
The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences – beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you.
Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth.
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession.
Surround yourself with good people; surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
A hard man is good to find.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Good manners don’t cost nothing.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Good manners are cost effective. They not only increase the quality of life in the workplace, they contribute to employee morale, embellish the company image, and play a major role in generating profit.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes‘ to the best.
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.
But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Things don’t always go your way in football: there are always good and bad times. At the end of the day, you have to have a positive attitude and a strong mentality and not let any setbacks get you down. And that’s what I’ve done – I’ve tried to keep my composure, even when things aren’t going the way I’d like.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out about.
I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.
One of my sayings is: look good, feel good, do good.
Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, ‘Boy, those were great old days.’ Well, you know, we’re living in the good old days.
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise… Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
When government – in pursuit of good intentions – tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.
To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.
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.
I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
Because you know what happens when you say ‘hello‘ or ‘good morning?’ You make a connection. And isn’t that what being human is all about?
It’s really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they’re thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.
New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It’s all about how people choose to use it.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Less is only more where more is no good.
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’
I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.
What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Good things happen to those who hustle.
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.
Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
I’m happy, I’m in a good place, I’m looking forward to my future.
Every day, you’re only as good as your last show.
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Good enough never is.
People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.
I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.
Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
I basically taught myself how to DJ, but I’ve been inspired by DJs throughout my whole career. I have some good friends that would hook us up with music. You learn some little things here and there from each DJ and you just take it and put your own style into to it.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.
People always want welfare, development, and good governance. As long as you are delivering, people are with you.
I’m just thankful I’m surrounded by good people.
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we ‘accentuate the positive.’ I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.
Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.
I’d rather be lucky than good.
Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
You’re only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.
It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later.
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.
I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I’m a strong person and a strong individual. And that’s what I take with me every day.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Only the young die good.
Everyone’s a critic: when you are doing something good, everybody wants to bring you down, and that’s something I’ve been told. People want to see you do good, but not too good.
A good husband makes a good wife.
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
The good life is built with good relationships.
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.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.
Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad.
There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.
There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.
Be sweet, be good, and honest always.
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a bus.
I’m surrounded by nothing but great people. I’ve been blessed with that, so really, I’ve got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Sometimes I’m in a bad mood, sometimes I’m in a good mood. It’s like everyone else.
I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
Good order is the foundation of all things.
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.
A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
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.
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
I do believe in the old saying, ‘What does not kill you makes you stronger.’ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
When you think positive, good things happen.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
People say, ‘We remember the good times.’ Well I remember the bad times.
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
Surround yourself with really good people. I think that’s an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
Life is all about having a good time.
What people don’t understand is joining a gang ain’t bad, it’s cool, it’s fine. When you in the hood, joining a gang it’s cool because all your friends are in the gang, all your family’s in the gang. We’re not just killing people every night, we’re just hanging out, having a good time.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.
The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
Truth is, I love everyone that is a good person regardless of what they look like, walk like, or who they love.
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.
To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
There’s nothing simple when you’re in this ‘Good Place.’
I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success.
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
There’s a reason good fabrics have a cost. They’re done with good quality to last.
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
Finding a good barber is like finding a good lawyer – you gotta go to the same guy.
Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That’s what makes me feel good.
My motto is: more good times.
Life moves so fast. You gotta document the good times, man.
Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn’t do anything – it was given to you.
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.
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don’t realize it. Even if you’re not a great chef, there’s nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn’t.
When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.
It’s good to shut up sometimes.
There’s too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin’ to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there’s a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you’re not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
A good education is a foundation for a better future.
When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad I’m better.
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.
Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay.
Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.
A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
It’s a long journey. There will be good times, and there will be bad times, but SoftBank is always there.
I’m lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
Good grooming and hygiene are essential. It’s never too early to start being concerned about your appearance – first impressions are everything.
Football is about joy. It’s about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed… I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.
So a good teacher always makes you do something a little bit more than you thought that you could do.
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.
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.
War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it’s not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others – it’s the same with music.
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.
I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will – that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.
Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.
Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
Common sense often makes good law.
It’s a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.
I’m a good guy with a good heart, and I have good intentions.
Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly.
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.
I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
I’m a hacker, but I’m the good kind of hackers. And I’ve never been a criminal.
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
In good times and bad times, never comprise who you are.
Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.
As long as you know yourself and you got good people around you and you passionate about what you do, that’s all that matters because at the end of the day, you go to sleep with the people you love, you wake up with the people you love, and you spend your time with the people you love.
I don’t think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn’t be.
