Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson
Nothing good ever comes of violence. 32 other thoughts from Martin Luther
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. 25 more views from C. S. Lewis
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. 39 other quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks. 98 quotes from Mark Twain
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. 13 other quotes from Andrew Carnegie
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. 7 other wisdom & wit from Ninon de L'Enclos
The best is the enemy of the good. 78 wisdom & wit from Voltaire
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. 9 other views from Carl Sagan
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. 98 more sayings from Mark Twain
The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good. 32 quotes from Martin Luther
The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect. 39 other quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson
The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. 78 quotes from Voltaire
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. 98 thoughts from Mark Twain
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. 32 quotes from Martin Luther
There is no such thing as a good tax. 74 other sayings from Winston Churchill
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson
There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change. 52 more quotes from Albert Camus
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. 74 other quotes from Winston Churchill
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work. 98 quotes from Mark Twain
To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. 25 sayings from Will Durant
Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you. 3 sayings from Roy Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can. 57 views from Will Rogers
Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly. 39 thoughts from Robert Louis Stevenson
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before. 98 other sayings from Mark Twain
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs. 57 sayings from Will Rogers
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. 9 quotes from Carl Sagan
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. 52 other sayings from Albert Camus
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. 14 other views from Hedy Lamarr
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. 20 other thoughts from George S. Patton
A peaceful man does more good than a learned one. 9 quotes from Pope John XXIII
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. 39 more views from Robert Louis Stevenson
Active Evil is better than Passive Good. 32 other thoughts from William Blake
All human beings are commingled out of good and evil. 39 wisdom & wit from Robert Louis Stevenson
All styles are good except the tiresome kind. 78 views from Voltaire
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's. 57 other quotes from Will Rogers
Better is the enemy of good. 78 wisdom & wit from Voltaire
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't gamble take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it. 57 wisdom & wit from Will Rogers
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. 78 more wisdom & wit from Voltaire
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. 52 sayings from George Eliot
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain
Golf is a good walk spoiled. 98 thoughts from Mark Twain
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen the more select, the more enjoyable. 10 more quotes from Louisa May Alcott
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. 98 other wisdom & wit from Mark Twain
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. 98 quotes from Mark Twain
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. 57 wisdom & wit from Will Rogers
Great and good are seldom the same man. 74 sayings from Winston Churchill
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more. 2 other thoughts from John Bunyan
I can live for two months on a good compliment. 98 other quotes from Mark Twain
I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out. 22 sayings from Jimi Hendrix
In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. 78 more quotes from Voltaire
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. 2 sayings from Konrad Lorenz
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. 74 views from Winston Churchill
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. 78 thoughts from Voltaire
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. 39 more thoughts from Robert Louis Stevenson
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. 98 sayings from Mark Twain
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. 57 sayings from Will Rogers
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. 98 other sayings from Mark Twain
Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed. 9 more quotes from Charles M. Schulz
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. 12 quotes from Frank Zappa
Clever men are good, but they are not the best. 58 quotes from Thomas Carlyle
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. 75 other wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli
For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad. 58 more quotes from Thomas Carlyle
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. 10 other quotes from Frank Sinatra
I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts. 10 more sayings from Og Mandino
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. 11 quotes from Joseph Stalin
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. 58 quotes from Thomas Carlyle
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. 58 more views from Thomas Carlyle
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. 21 views from Jane Austen
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. 58 more thoughts from Thomas Carlyle
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. 58 more thoughts from Thomas Carlyle
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished. 10 more quotes from Og Mandino
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time. 58 other thoughts from Thomas Carlyle
What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite. 58 quotes from Thomas Carlyle
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us. 25 other thoughts from Orison Swett Marden
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life. 15 more thoughts from Albert Schweitzer
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. 96 other views from Benjamin Franklin
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. 29 views from W. Somerset Maugham
Necessity never made a good bargain. 96 thoughts from Benjamin Franklin
Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time. 7 quotes from Tallulah Bankhead
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. 12 views from Ludwig van Beethoven
Only the young die good. 5 other quotes from Oliver Herford
Real firmness is good for anything strut is good for nothing. 13 sayings from Alexander Hamilton
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. 41 views from Martin Luther King, Jr.
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). 7 quotes from Lewis Carroll
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. 20 other thoughts from Thomas Aquinas
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. 96 more views from Benjamin Franklin
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. 40 more sayings from William James
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. 4 quotes from Carl Rogers
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. 14 wisdom & wit from William Arthur Ward
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them. 9 sayings from Swami Vivekananda
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil. 17 more views from Plutarch
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. 37 quotes from Edmund Burke
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. 3 quotes from Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. 41 wisdom & wit from Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority. 25 quotes from Orison Swett Marden
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment. 25 quotes from Orison Swett Marden
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin
There is nothing I love as much as a good fight. 24 other views from Franklin D. Roosevelt
There was never a good war, or a bad peace. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin
To be a good loser is to learn how to win. 24 other quotes from Carl Sandburg
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. 17 sayings from Plutarch
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none. 37 views from Edmund Burke
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. 40 views from William James
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? 26 quotes from E. M. Forster
When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. 37 views from Edmund Burke
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. 96 thoughts from Benjamin Franklin
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. 24 more wisdom & wit from Franklin D. Roosevelt
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. 96 quotes from Benjamin Franklin
A good garden may have some weeds. 45 other views from Thomas Fuller
A good husband makes a good wife. 3 quotes from John Florio
A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends. 2 other quotes from Frank Crane
Acorns were good until bread was found. 67 wisdom & wit from Francis Bacon
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. 37 wisdom & wit from Edmund Burke
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. 96 quotes from Benjamin Franklin
Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup. 12 quotes from Ludwig van Beethoven
Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ. 12 views from Thomas Merton
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. 8 views from Tryon Edwards
Diligence is the mother of good luck. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. 96 more quotes from Benjamin Franklin
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. 96 more views from Benjamin Franklin
Every good painter paints what he is. 4 more views from Jackson Pollock
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. 15 other quotes from Albert Schweitzer
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle. 21 quotes from George Burns
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. 96 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Franklin
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. 96 quotes from Benjamin Franklin
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good. 41 views from Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass. 9 sayings from Barry Goldwater
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. 24 more wisdom & wit from Franklin D. Roosevelt
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. 40 other quotes from William James
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. 6 more quotes from Edith Wharton
If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. 12 quotes from Zora Neale Hurston
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. 96 more quotes from Benjamin Franklin
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. 32 quotes from Michel de Montaigne
A good photograph is knowing where to stand. 13 wisdom & wit from Ansel Adams
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. 5 more sayings from Richard Whately
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides. 73 more views from Victor Hugo
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that. 26 quotes from Charles Dickens
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company. 30 thoughts from George Washington
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote. 12 more thoughts from George Jean Nathan
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. 24 other views from Ayn Rand
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. 31 more thoughts from Thomas Paine
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God. 10 quotes from Ramakrishna
God never made a promise that was too good to be true. 8 more quotes from Dwight L. Moody
Good things happen to those who hustle. 21 views from Anais Nin
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes. 5 other wisdom & wit from Edna St. Vincent Millay
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. 30 views from George Washington
I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. 6 more wisdom & wit from Lana Turner
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. 32 more quotes from Michel de Montaigne
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. 26 views from Charles Dickens
In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief. 12 more quotes from John Barrymore
It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. 31 wisdom & wit from Thomas Paine
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. 31 sayings from Thomas Paine
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. 47 other quotes from Abraham Lincoln
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. 47 more quotes from Abraham Lincoln
No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent. 14 quotes from Susan B. Anthony
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. 30 quotes from George Washington
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. 31 more wisdom & wit from Thomas Paine
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. 11 thoughts from Bob Marley
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. 26 wisdom & wit from Charles Dickens
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. 31 other quotes from Thomas Paine
The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good. 12 other sayings from John Barrymore
The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow. 11 other wisdom & wit from Bob Marley
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good. 30 other thoughts from George Washington
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. 31 more sayings from Thomas Paine
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. 13 views from Ansel Adams
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. 23 more thoughts from Thomas A. Edison
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. 8 quotes from Charles Darwin
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. 73 wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo
What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise. 6 more quotes from Barbara Jordan
Whatever you are, be a good one. 47 sayings from Abraham Lincoln
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. 47 more quotes from Abraham Lincoln
You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. 12 more views from John Barrymore
No good deed goes unpunished. 11 more quotes from Clare Boothe Luce
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. 4 sayings from Channing Pollock
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. 11 views from Rene Descartes
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. 8 other quotes from Dr. Seuss
You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. 8 other sayings from Dr. Seuss
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. 4 more quotes from Maxim Gorky
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. 23 other wisdom & wit from Vincent Van Gogh
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. 105 more quotes from Albert Einstein
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. 16 quotes from Michelangelo
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. 2 views from Howard Aiken
Fun is good. 8 quotes from Dr. Seuss
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed. 105 wisdom & wit from Albert Einstein
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. 105 quotes from Albert Einstein
I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good. 5 thoughts from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. 105 views from Albert Einstein
It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. 11 quotes from Rene Descartes
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises. 17 views from Chief Joseph
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. 2 quotes from J. P. Morgan
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. 4 other thoughts from Charles Evans Hughes
An overflow of good converts to bad. 81 other quotes from William Shakespeare
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. 81 views from William Shakespeare
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. 10 other wisdom & wit from Booker T. Washington
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. 13 more thoughts from John Muir
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. 41 quotes from Marcus Aurelius
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. 81 sayings from William Shakespeare
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. 16 more quotes from David Hume
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 81 sayings from William Shakespeare
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart. 81 quotes from William Shakespeare
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces. 81 views from William Shakespeare
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. 70 other quotes from Thomas Jefferson
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. 42 quotes from Josh Billings
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. 42 other thoughts from Josh Billings
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. 41 more thoughts from Marcus Aurelius
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. 41 other sayings from Marcus Aurelius
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. 81 other quotes from William Shakespeare
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. 81 sayings from William Shakespeare
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. 81 sayings from William Shakespeare
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds. 81 views from William Shakespeare
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. 41 other sayings from Marcus Aurelius
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. 21 quotes from William Wordsworth
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
The evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones. 81 views from William Shakespeare
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. 70 more quotes from Thomas Jefferson
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. 81 quotes from William Shakespeare
Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late the good lived yesterday. 41 other views from Marcus Aurelius
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. 41 thoughts from Marcus Aurelius
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear. 81 quotes from William Shakespeare
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. 41 other quotes from Marcus Aurelius
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. 41 more quotes from Marcus Aurelius
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. 45 views from Bertrand Russell
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. 21 thoughts from Malcolm X
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck. 15 thoughts from Orson Welles
Paris is always a good idea. 14 quotes from Audrey Hepburn
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. 45 sayings from Bertrand Russell
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. 45 quotes from Bertrand Russell
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. 45 sayings from Bertrand Russell
The pay is good and I can walk to work. 46 sayings from John F. Kennedy
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. 16 thoughts from Hubert H. Humphrey
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning. 15 sayings from Christopher Morley
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. 15 views from Orson Welles
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong. 15 other quotes from Orson Welles
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. 53 thoughts from Honore de Balzac
A good indignation brings out all one's powers. 135 other wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. 52 quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. 23 quotes from E. W. Howe
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. 6 views from Bernard Meltzer
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. 45 more wisdom & wit from Bertrand Russell
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. 135 wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. 26 wisdom & wit from Sigmund Freud
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. 24 quotes from James A. Baldwin
Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. 11 sayings from Salvador Dali
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. 135 other views from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. 22 quotes from Soren Kierkegaard
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. 135 other wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good men must not obey the laws too well. 135 views from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending. 21 other wisdom & wit from Karl Marx
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. 23 quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. 30 wisdom & wit from Walt Whitman
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. 7 more quotes from Jerome K. Jerome
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. 11 quotes from Salvador Dali
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it. 52 other thoughts from Gilbert K. Chesterton
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares. 59 other quotes from Elbert Hubbard
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. 59 more wisdom & wit from Elbert Hubbard
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin? 53 more thoughts from Marilyn Monroe
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. 10 other quotes from John Maynard Keynes
Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. 53 views from Marilyn Monroe
Four legs good, two legs bad. 47 other quotes from George Orwell
Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product. 11 other quotes from David Ogilvy
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher
Good writing is like a windowpane. 47 more wisdom & wit from George Orwell
Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe
I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly. 53 other wisdom & wit from Marilyn Monroe
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. 57 views from Blaise Pascal
Less is only more where more is no good. 26 sayings from Frank Lloyd Wright
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. 47 more views from George Orwell
Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be. 47 other quotes from George Orwell
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful. 12 quotes from Marquis de Sade
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. 47 quotes from George Orwell
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. 16 other sayings from Vince Lombardi
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. 31 quotes from Helen Keller
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. 59 quotes from Elbert Hubbard
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work. 59 other quotes from Elbert Hubbard
The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher
War is war. The only good human being is a dead one. 47 more thoughts from George Orwell
What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me? 53 more views from Marilyn Monroe
What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman? 53 other views from Marilyn Monroe
What's the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another? 53 sayings from Marilyn Monroe
Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. 3 sayings from Roger Babson
Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work. 45 other quotes from Aldous Huxley
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us. 115 sayings from George Bernard Shaw
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something. 117 thoughts from Henry David Thoreau
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. 14 quotes from Robert A. Heinlein
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. 7 views from John Quincy Adams
That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward. 35 more quotes from Ernest Hemingway
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau
They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. 14 wisdom & wit from Robert A. Heinlein
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. 35 thoughts from Ernest Hemingway
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul. 45 more sayings from Aldous Huxley
A good laugh is sunshine in the house. 8 other views from William Makepeace Thackeray
A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. 3 thoughts from Don Herold
A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw
A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one. 32 sayings from Henry Ford
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. 115 wisdom & wit from George Bernard Shaw
About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. 35 quotes from Ernest Hemingway
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. 117 more quotes from Henry David Thoreau
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened. 35 more quotes from Ernest Hemingway
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. 24 quotes from Jean Cocteau
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. 14 other views from Robert A. Heinlein
Be not simply good - be good for something. 117 other sayings from Henry David Thoreau
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. 14 thoughts from Robert A. Heinlein
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something. 117 more quotes from Henry David Thoreau
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. 10 sayings from John D. Rockefeller
Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying. 45 thoughts from Aldous Huxley
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. 12 views from Casey Stengel
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. 35 more views from Ernest Hemingway
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go. 3 wisdom & wit from Margaret Walker
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. 10 sayings from John D. Rockefeller
He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. 115 sayings from George Bernard Shaw
Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. 45 wisdom & wit from Aldous Huxley
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford. 27 sayings from Dave Barry
I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau
I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. 35 quotes from Ernest Hemingway
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling. 5 other quotes from Frida Kahlo
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. 117 other quotes from Henry David Thoreau
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. 35 quotes from Ernest Hemingway
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. 19 quotes from E. B. White
It takes a great man to be a good listener. 17 other sayings from Calvin Coolidge
It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw
It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better. 8 sayings from Benito Mussolini
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. 45 other wisdom & wit from Aldous Huxley
A hard man is good to find. 31 more quotes from Mae West
Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste. 5 more quotes from Charles Bukowski
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. 18 quotes from Andy Warhol
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there. 7 quotes from Marcus Garvey
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. 31 more thoughts from Mae West
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on. 9 more sayings from Alfred Hitchcock
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. 11 other quotes from Lucille Ball
Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse. 2 sayings from John Derek
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. 18 quotes from Andy Warhol
Too much of a good thing can be taxing. 31 quotes from Mae West
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. 31 quotes from Mae West
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. 18 thoughts from Mother Teresa
When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. 31 more views from Mae West
When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better. 31 quotes from Mae West
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. 24 other quotes from Henri Frederic Amiel
Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best. 27 other sayings from Kin Hubbard
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. 63 more quotes from Samuel Johnson
There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good. 60 thoughts from H. L. Mencken
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions. 90 more quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Your manuscript is both good and original but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. 63 quotes from Samuel Johnson
A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman. 60 quotes from H. L. Mencken
A good listener is usually thinking about something else. 27 thoughts from Kin Hubbard
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. 60 thoughts from H. L. Mencken
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. 12 views from Miguel de Unamuno
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. 63 views from Samuel Johnson
A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good. 23 other thoughts from T. S. Eliot
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. 60 quotes from H. L. Mencken
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. 90 views from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. 60 sayings from H. L. Mencken
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. 90 thoughts from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Husbands never become good they merely become proficient. 60 quotes from H. L. Mencken
I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. 2 more thoughts from Grandma Moses
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish. 60 quotes from H. L. Mencken
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. 60 thoughts from H. L. Mencken
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. 36 thoughts from Theodore Roosevelt
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal. 100 thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. 3 views from Daniel Boone
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. 100 other quotes from Oscar Wilde
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion. 100 other views from Oscar Wilde
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. 4 quotes from Thomas Tusser
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. 9 quotes from Hannah Arendt
Good artists copy, great artists steal. 29 quotes from Pablo Picasso
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. 100 other sayings from Mahatma Gandhi
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. 100 wisdom & wit from Oscar Wilde
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? 33 other quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? 33 other sayings from Dwight D. Eisenhower
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. 100 other views from Mahatma Gandhi
I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. 29 quotes from Groucho Marx
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining. 29 quotes from Groucho Marx
I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage. 8 thoughts from Helen Hayes
If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk. 100 other sayings from Oscar Wilde
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. 100 other sayings from Oscar Wilde
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. 100 views from Oscar Wilde
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly. 100 more views from Oscar Wilde
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. 100 quotes from Oscar Wilde
Listen there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go. 13 sayings from e. e. cummings
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. 2 other quotes from Emily Post
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good. 103 other quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. 100 views from Oscar Wilde
One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. 8 thoughts from Helen Hayes
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. 30 other views from Eleanor Roosevelt
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense. 29 more thoughts from Pablo Picasso
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. 36 quotes from Theodore Roosevelt
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means. 100 more views from Oscar Wilde
The good man is the friend of all living things. 100 more quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. 30 more views from Eleanor Roosevelt
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. 100 other quotes from Oscar Wilde
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. 9 quotes from Hannah Arendt
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi
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. 4 more sayings from James Truslow Adams
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea. 100 more quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. 103 more quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
When good Americans die they go to Paris. 100 other views from Oscar Wilde
When one has not had a good father, one must create one. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche
You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause. 103 more quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche