Good Man Quotes

654 Good Man quotes by 476 unique authors

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. — George R. R. Martin
An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king,… — George R. R. Martin
It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well. — George McGovern
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. — Michelangelo
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring… — Alanis Morissette
Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best. — Chester W. Nimitz
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man. — Carroll O'Connor
Mark Twain was very unhappy with himself for various reasons. He was very unhappy with America of this time. He thought it was terrible we… — Joyce Carol Oates
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living… — Ross Perot
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch
The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions. — Samuel Richardson
A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun. — Samuel Richardson
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. — John Ruskin
When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible… — Sheryl Sandberg
Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
You're a good man, Charlie Brown. — Charles M. Schulz
Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man. — Ralph Steadman
I swear by that old expression, 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we… — Angie Stone
The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of… — Hunter S. Thompson
For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. — Simon Wiesenthal
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best,… — William Butler Yeats
I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval… — Joan Didion
Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that… — Voltaire

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