Be Good Quotes

1067 Be Good quotes by 840 unique authors

Riley was quiet for a minute. She gathered her blanket all around her. "Paul always loved you, Alice. He knows I know that. I know… — Ann Brashares
When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard.… — Jeanne DuPrau
Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is far easier than… — C.S. Lewis
Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in… — Jeanette Winterson
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. — John Steinbeck
It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good. — Kathryn Stockett
you got to want it to be good, and I don't want it. — Truman Capote
The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him. — Joseph Heller
The temptation of the age is to look good without being good. — Brennan Manning
A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't.… — Barbara Kingsolver
Literature, real literature, must not be gulped down like some potion which may be good for the heart or good for the brain—the brain, that… — Vladimir Nabokov
I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there; in her fiertile… — W. Cleon Skousen
Confession can be good for the soul, but it can exact a heavy toll on friendships. — C.D. Payne
He gets hurt by the smallest touch. It'll be okay, as long as there will finally be a day. Eventually, one day. It will be… — Natsuki Takaya
It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to… — John Irving
I don’t think God has a gender. I don’t think God hates gays or Democrats, and I don’t think you have to be Born Again… — Ellen Hopkins
I'd always found goodness more interesting then evil, though I was aware this wasn't the most general view. To my mind, it took more work… — Dick Francis
The most effective way to share the gospel is to live it. When we live like disciples of Christ should live, when we aren't just… — Sheri L. Dew
Living in the middle of beautiy like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is so… — Catherine Marshall
I'm a fool, to confuse this with goodness. I am not good. I know too much to be good. I know myself. I know myself… — Margaret Atwood
Silver nitrate and water in a super soaker," he told her. "My own invention. Ought to be good at twenty feet, kind of like wasp… — Rachel Caine
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your… — Walt Whitman
You love young ones and babes, I know this. The young will always befriend and admire you...all the young ones of the earth belong to… — Brian Jacques

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