good quotes

“Great and good are seldom the same man. ”

— Winston Churchill

“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”

— Winston Churchill

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.”

“No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.”

“There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.”

— Franklin Roosevelt

“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”

— Amelia Earhart

“Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.”

— Amelia Earhart

“Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.”

“I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.”

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”

— Sigmund Freud

“I have found little that is "good" about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.”

— Sigmund Freud

“In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.”

— John Barrymore

“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”

“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”

“When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.”

“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”

“The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.”

“Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.”

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”

— Bernard Meltzer

“In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful. I'm sin, but I'm not the devil. I'm good, but I'm not an angel. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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