Good Man Quotes

654 Good Man quotes by 476 unique authors

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. — Plato
Successful avengers, who are good men at heart, will always be saddened. — Unknown Author
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or… — Socrates
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride. — Sophocles
Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people — Ali ibn Abi Talib
There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man. — Jack Donovan
War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. — Sophocles
It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man. — Publilius Syrus
A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death. — Socrates
Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and… — Walter Lippmann
[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in magnifying the former and toning… — Ha-Joon Chang
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue. — Juvenal
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but whether he was… — Frederick Scott Oliver
They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails." — Yuri Orlov
What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory… — Terry Brooks
Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you're standing in a room, your effect is the same as a… — Tom Ford
A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the… — Martin Luther
Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion, good manners fasting,… — Guru Nanak
When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but… — Gerrit Smith

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