Good Word Quotes

48 quotes by 45 authors

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a… — Aeschylus
I fear I have not one good word to say this fair morning, though the sun shines so encouragingly on the distant hills and gentle… — Margaret Fuller
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
How many things would be different in everyoneâ€™s surroundings if we hadnâ€™t lived? How a good word many have encouraged some fellow and did something… — Rudolf Dreikurs
Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise. — Oliver Goldsmith
"Family" this and "family" that. If I had a family I'd be furious that moral busybodies are taking the perfectly good word family and using… — John Waters
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. — Solomon
I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election. — Warren G. Harding
If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot. — Che Guevara
If she is given full immunity ... in order to verify that she's telling the truth, which I'm sure she is, I would be happy… — William H. Ginsburg
And if God's good word goes unspoken, the music goes all night. — Bradley Nowell
It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today. — Charles R. Swindoll
There is no good word for stomach; just as there is no good word for girlfriend. Stomach is to girlfriend as belly is to lover,… — Nicholson Baker
For some of us, the Gypsy years can go on forever ... That isn't such a bad thing. When all is said and done, they're… — Chita Rivera
I'll go gentle on him, ... I promise not to rough him up too much. I just think him saying stuff like that is just… — Ricky Hatton
I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth. — Henry David Thoreau
Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in… — Charles Spurgeon
I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me.… — Rob Brydon
The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire. — Kiri Te Kanawa
We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing. — Marvin Olasky

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