Their Own Good Quotes
35 quotes by 33 authors
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While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my…
— Abraham Lincoln
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You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are…
— Byron Katie
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The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and…
— James Madison
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It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they…
— Alexander Hamilton
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People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.
— George Bernard Shaw
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True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide…
— George Whitefield
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There's no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. There's only hurting someone for your own good.
— Kate Bornstein
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Even if you know you're sleeping, you're still at the mercy of your dreams. People who are asleep can't simply decide to wake up. Nightmares…
— Steven James
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It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good.
— Molly Ivins
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Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in himself,…
— Carl Rogers
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One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense.
— Elizabeth Zimmermann
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The question is whether you can bear freedom. At present the vast majority of men, whether white or black, require the discipline of labor which…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
— Luc de Clapiers
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Parents shouldn't lie to their children-not even when they think it's for their own good. Even a little lie is dangerous ...
— Pablo Casals
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It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Moreover, if great men are the only hope of the Evolutionary Process, they are morally bound to rule over the masses for their own good…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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But the great artists like Michelangelo and Blake and Tolstoi--like Christ whom Blake called an artist because he had one of the most creative imaginations…
— Brenda Ueland
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The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.
— Dan Millman
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Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good, and…
— Charlie Brooker
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