Be Good Quotes
1067 Be Good quotes by 840 unique authors
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You…made…me…faint,” I accused him dizzily. “What am I going to do with you?” he groaned in exasperation. “Yesterday I kiss you, and you attack me!…
— Stephenie Meyer
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In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself.…
— Orson Scott Card
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I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need…
— Tim Gunn
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The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have…
— Frank Zappa
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I don't know, but I think it's going to be good.
— Richelle Mead
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Two voices struggled inside me. One that wanted to be good and brave, and one that told the good one to keep her mouth shut.
— Stephenie Meyer
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he used to think that he wanted to be good, he wanted to be kind, he wanted to be brave and wise, but it was…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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No matter what your profession – doctor, lawyer, architect, accountant – if you are an American, you better be good at the touchy-feely service stuff,…
— Thomas Friedman
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Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss." "What?" I ask. "The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human…
— Suzanne Collins
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do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” “Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless…
— Henry James
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Be good only if being bad ain't more fun.
— Jeaniene Frost
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I don't think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won't be good at it.
— Anne Lamott
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do.
— Stephen King
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That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.
— John Fowles
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Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you
— David Nicholls
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You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You…
— Mary Oliver
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We've had to deal with so many complications. We're still dealing with them. And what can we do? Nothing - well, unless we take your…
— Richelle Mead
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I don’t want to be like her, like Vivian. I don’t want to hurt anyone. Am I going to hurt people?” “No one can make…
— Kiersten White
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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.
— Victor Hugo
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I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.
— Oscar Wilde
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As they embrace, she kisses him full on the mouth. And suddenly sticks her tongue right in. She has done this before, often. It’s one…
— Christopher Isherwood
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But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid…
— Richard Dawkins
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I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd…
— Jennifer Egan
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