Good Quotes

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Mother Teresa

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Og Mandino

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.

Victor Hugo

It feels good to have your work respected again.

Eminem

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.

Augustine of Hippo

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

Orson Welles

For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.

Simon Wiesenthal

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

Maxim Gorky

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

Danny Boyle

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

Tallulah Bankhead

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

William E. Simon

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Nelson Mandela

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

William Shakespeare

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

Kurt Cobain

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.

Bertrand Russell

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

Lao Tzu

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything.

Demetri Martin

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

H. L. Mencken