Their Own Good Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good. — George Bernard Shaw
• 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
• There's no such thing as hurting someone for their own good. There's only hurting someone for your own good. — Kate Bornstein
• 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
• It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good. — Molly Ivins
• 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
• One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense. — Elizabeth Zimmermann
• 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
• The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good. — Luc de Clapiers
• 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
• It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. — Thomas Jefferson
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Who Wrote These Their Own Good Quotes

33 authors contributed a total of 35 Their Own Good Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Their Own Good Quotes by Erin Morgenstern
• 2 Their Own Good Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Molly Ivins
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Carl Rogers
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Elizabeth Zimmermann
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Henry David Thoreau
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Luc de Clapiers
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Pablo Casals
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Wystan Hugh Auden
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Brenda Ueland
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Dan Millman
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Charlie Brooker
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by John Flanagan
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Benjamin Franklin
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Sophie Kinsella
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Suzanne Collins
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Octavia Butler
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by George Davis Herron
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Bear Bryant
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by John Dryden
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by George Washington
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Paul Parker
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Adrian Mendez
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Billy Graham
• 1 Their Own Good Quote by Abraham Lincoln