good quotes

“I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.”

— Socrates

“A liar should have a good memory.”

— Quintilian

“The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.”

— Martin Luther King

“Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force... If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war.”

— Martin Luther King

“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”

— Heraclitus

“To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.”

— Heraclitus

“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”

— Henry Ford

“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.”

— Salvador Dali

“In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.”

— Salvador Dali

“It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. ”

— Salvador Dali

“We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. ”

— Salvador Dali

“It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.”

— Woody Allen

“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. ”

— Aristotle

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”

— Aristotle

“Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.”

— Aristotle

“Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.”

— Aristotle

“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”

— Aristotle

“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”

— Aristotle

“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.”

— Aristotle

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”

— Mark Twain

“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”

— Mark Twain

“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.”

— Mark Twain

“Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.”

— Mark Twain

“When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty,
There arises the recognition of ugliness.
When they all know the good as good,
There arises the recognition of evil.
”

— Lao Tzu

“Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.”

— Marie Curie

“Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.”

— Hippocrates

“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”

— Ray Bradbury

good quotes

“
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
”

“
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
”

“A liar should have a good memory.”

“The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.”

“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”

“To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.”

“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”

“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.”

“In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.”

“It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. ”

“We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. ”

“It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.”

“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. ”

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”

“Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.”

“Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.”

“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”

“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”

“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.”

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”

“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”

“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.”

“Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.”

“When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty,
There arises the recognition of ugliness.
When they all know the good as good,
There arises the recognition of evil.
”

“Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.”

“I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.”

“Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.”

“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”