Top 1000 Good Quotes & Sayings

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

We all have the duty to do good.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others. Wigs, killer heels, Pilates, even fillers - whatever works for you, honey.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.

The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Only the young die good.

If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

If you feel good about who you are inside, it will radiate.

You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

Everywhere's a party with me - I'm a factory of good times.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.

I always believe that if you have a good heart, you just want to do what's right. You don't want to step on anyone.

A liar should have a good memory.

Every day, you're only as good as your last show.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

He who stops being better stops being good.

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

You can be a good neighbor only if you have good neighbors.

The speed of decision making is the essence of good governance.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.