Good Man Quotes

654 Good Man quotes by 476 unique authors

These are the highlights in a lifetime of following sports. Hilarity. The most sheer fun I ever had in sports was playing volleyball, a game… — James A. Michener
Evil succeeds when good men do nothing — Edmund Burke
Grace is not looking for good men whom it may approve, for it is not grace but mere justice to approve goodness. [Rather] it is… — C. I. Scofield
If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul… — Aristotle
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. — Colley Cibber
Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What's natural is the microbe. All the rest-heath, integrity, purity (if you like)-is a product of the human will, of a vigilance that must never… — Albert Camus
I look upon every good man, as a good book, lent by its owner for another to read, and transcribe the excellent notions and golden… — John Flavel
Society is infected with rude, cynical, restless, and frivolous persons who prey upon the rest, and whom no public opinion concentrated into good manners, forms… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be strong-be strong in the discipline of self. How many otherwise good men squander their strength and dissipate their will and literally destroy their lives… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even… — James E. Faust
A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or they are crazy. — H R Giger
Bad art was as good as good art. Grammar and spelling were no longer important. To be clean was no better than to be filthy.… — Norman Tebbit
A tough fight against evil is the duty of good man. — Khem Veasna
In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration:—feelings,… — William Wordsworth
Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing… — P.J. O'Rourke
Is he a good man?" "Define 'good'. — Cleopatra
And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me.... And as to you corpse, I… — Walt Whitman
Good manners are a sign of strength. — Dick Francis
A good man who did a bad thing. — Mary Matalin
The refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive. — Charles Eliot Norton
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. He is like a watch of which the most that can be said is that its… — H. L. Mencken
Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise,… — Henepola Gunaratana
May the good God pardon all good men. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation. — George D. Prentice

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