To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do. — John Adams
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. — Abu Bakr
Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong. — Zoroaster
Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong. — Maxim Gorky
Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough. — Arthur Freed
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words. — Abigail Adams
Be good. This will make your angel happy. When sorrows and misfortunes, physical or spiritual, afflict you, turn to your guardian angel with strong trust and he will help you. — John Bosco
To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control. — Martha C. Nussbaum
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself. — Louis Auchincloss
Do good. Inspire. Set an example to yourself and others. Have faith. Make your actions loud. Have fun. Be nice. Love strong. — Jessie J
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
Pastime with good company
I love and shall, until I die.
Grudge who list, but none deny!
So God be pleased, thus live will I. — Henry VIII of England
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. — Carl Rogers
Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. — Hippocrates
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
When a man finds a good woman and treats her the way she deserves to be treated it will change his Life. God favors a man that finds his wife and Loves her the way God Loves her — Tony Gaskins
I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up. — Jack Welch
Be Good Image Quotes
Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy. — George Michael
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. — Kenny Rogers
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. — Meister Eckhart
What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly. — Carl Rogers
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. — Thomas Aquinas
To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us. — Pope Francis
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson Pollock
My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude. — Warsan Shire
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. — Charles Dickens
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being — Plato
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied. — Alfred Nobel
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
Do Good Be Good Quotes
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. — Mother Teresa
Do the right thing because it is right. — Immanuel Kant
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Persist to overcome. He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.
Once I looked in the mirror and decided this is who I am, and I'm not scared of who I am, and I'm not scared that I can't be like you, and I'm good with just doing me, that's when I found myself, as a man. — Kendrick Lamar
My message to women: Do what makes you feel good, because there'll always be someone who thinks you should do it differently. Whether your choices are hits or misses, at least they're your own. — Michelle Obama
When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass. Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer. When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns. — Ajahn Brahm
Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy. — Buddha
People forget the good that zoos do. If it weren't for zoos, we would have so many species that would be extinct today. — Betty White
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. — Mary Oliver
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good. — Shantideva
It's Bad To Be Good Quotes
Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure. — Zaha Hadid
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. — Doug Coupland
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. — Douglas Coupland
Never regret a day in your life: good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.
When things are going bad, there's going to be some good that's going to come from it. — Jocko Willink
A flag is supposed to represent everything that a country does. It doesn't only represent the good things. If you burn the flag, you're burning the flag for what you perceive to be the bad things the country has done. it's only a symbol. It's only a piece of cloth. — George Carlin
To see the line between being good and bad is really thin. It’s not easy for anyone, not the manager, the players or the staff. — Mikel Arteta
Whatever is good for you soul, do that.
It's correct that I'm a bad loser. Why should I lie? If I was good at losing I wouldn't be in Formula 1. I think it's more honest to act how you really feel than pretending to be the smiling boy who actually isn't in the mood to smile. — Sebastian Vettel
I really wanted to be nasty and mean and bad. It's so much easier than being the good girl — Robin Tunney
As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. — Donald E. Westlake
I have always tried to have a message, not to be a preacher, but a message that shows it's better to be a good guy than a bad guy, and I try to make it clear that doing the right thing is more attractive than not. — Stan Lee
Monday Be Good Quotes
I guess good things come to those who wait. — Kurt Busch
The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing. — Daniel Okrent
Progress. Just make progress. It's okay to have setbacks and the need for do-overs. It's okay to draw a line in the sand and start over again - and again. Just make sure you're moving the line forward. Move forward. Take baby steps... Then change will come. And it will be good. — Lysa TerKeurst
Try no to resist the changes that come in your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come? How Rumi Can Change Your Life?
Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity. — John C. Maxwell
I'm currently doing a Soul Pancake show called Top of the Monday, which is basically a good morning news show. It's just me being silly, telling people about good news that's going on in the world, putting them in the mood to start their week. — Zach Anner
So much of life is about attitude and how we handle what life throws our way. Life is good - even when a situation appears to be the worst. — David Cottrell
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
The reality is we are 0-3. The reality is that we can still be a very good football team. We need to show that on Monday night. — Aaron Kampman
I know Rick [Monday] has done a lot of good things as a player and as a person. But what he did for his country, he will be remembered for the rest of his life as an American hero. — Manny Mota
I play tennis five hours a week, from Monday to Friday, for one hour every day. I like to be fit. If I can't exercise, I feel bad - I need to sweat and run to feel like I'm in good shape. — Bjorn Borg
Love Be Good Quotes
Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me. — Clare of Assisi
When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem. — Abraham Maslow
I love you because I love you, because it would be impossible not to love you. I love you without question, without calculation, without reason good or bad, faithfully, with all my heart and soul, and every faculty. — Juliette Drouet
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone. — Mata Amritanandamayi
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. — Donna Roberts
You have to fight through the bad days in order to earn the best days.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together. — Marilyn Monroe
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! — Anne Frank
Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things. — Leo Buscaglia
Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other. — Desmond Tutu
Be A Good Person Quotes
I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper. I want to be remembered as a great person. — Iker Casillas
You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person. — Shams Tabrizi
The average person is either a weakling, or just a happy person who wants to get along, or thinks being tough is having big muscles and strutting around town and having a good-looking girlfriend. — Alex Jones
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
I can’t hate people for making judgment on me, or making a decision of liking me or not liking me. All I can do is try to better as a person. And I’m good with knowing everything isn’t always going to be perfect. — Chris Brown
I learned the hard way that not only do you not have to be superwoman, but it's better not to be and not to try to be. What I would like to be is just a good person - someone who tries her best and puts her best foot forward. — Cindy McCain
Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough. — Gurbaksh Chahal
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. — Wendy Mass
We cannot give what we do not have: We cannot bring peace to the world if we ourselves are not peaceful. We cannot bring love to the world if we ourselves are not loving. Our true gift to ourselves and others lies not in what we have but in who we are. — Marianne Williamson
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. — John Steinbeck
A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. — Dave Barry
Be A Good Leader Quotes
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. — Nelson Mandela
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. — Aristotle
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. — Witter Bynner
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar
I am glad that the Crown have proved that I am the leader of the Half-breeds in the North-West. I will perhaps be one day acknowledged as more than a leader of the Half-breeds, and if I am I will have an opportunity of being acknowledged as a leader of good in this great country. — Louis Riel
Friendship picks you up when the world lets you down.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go! — George E. M. Kelly
A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. — Lao Tzu
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people. — Richard Branson
I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing. — Mark Wahlberg
Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place. — Billy Crystal
As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business. — Peter Shilton
People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man. — John F. Kennedy Jr.
It takes a great man to be a good listener. — Calvin Coolidge
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. — Frank Sinatra
Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Tell me, do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. — Marlon Brando
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. — Ted Williams
My dad was a complicated man. He was a huge racist, my dad, but he still tried to be a good father, you know? Like, he would tell me that Santa Claus was black - that way, when I found out he didn't exist, it wouldn't be that big a let down. — Anthony Jeselnik
We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas. — Noam Chomsky
I will say, just being here, God is good, man. — Derrick Rose
Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not. — Marty Robbins
I think I'd be a good pimp cuz I'd never beat my ho's. — Scott Caan
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. — Michel de Montaigne
God never made a promise that was too good to be true. — Dwight L. Moody
I happened to be in the right place at the right time. — Calvin Harris
I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. — Lana Turner
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. — Tacitus
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. — Althea Gibson
It's good to be comfortable with who you are and what you do. — Chad Channing
To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist. — Gail Sheehy
Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds. — Dorothea Dix
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