You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person. — Shams Tabrizi
It's better to be a good person than a famous person. — Jenny Holzer
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
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind. — Taylor Swift
Work Hard, Enjoy what you do and be good to other human beings, we all equal, Being a good persons whats make you special. — Jay Park
What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?" — Epictetus
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
A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good. — Bhumibol Adulyadej
Your actions toward others are your bank deposit. It's easy to be good to nice people, but try to be caring to everyone. It is a test. — Sylvia Browne
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. — Abu Bakr
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself. — Louis Auchincloss
Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough. — Arthur Freed
I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness. — Lao Tzu
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do. — John Adams
Short Being A Good Person Quotes
Doing good to others is the # one great Universal Religion — Swami Vivekananda
You've got to be the best person you can be in your life. — Jeff Gordon
When you are good to others, you are best to yourself. — Benjamin Franklin
People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man. — John F. Kennedy Jr.
I believe in love, children and being a good person. — Leighton Meester
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words. — Abigail Adams
Top 10 Being A Good Person Quotes
No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you. — Meek Mill
I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper. I want to be remembered as a great person. — Iker Casillas
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
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together. — Marilyn Monroe
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
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
Weekly, monthly, or whatever, I'm just not good with being told I have to finish up according to a set schedule. — Akira Toriyama
Being A Good Person Image Quotes
There comes a point you have to realize that you'll never be good enough for some people. The question is, is that your problem or theirs.
Keep Being A Good Person Quotes
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized. — Barbara Kruger
Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Judging others is simply the flip side of judging yourself. — Harriet Lerner
I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control. — Jeff Gordon
An intelligent person opens your mind, a beautiful person opens your eyes, a loving person opens your heart.
A person must have a good memory to keep the promises he has made. A person must have a strong imagination to be able to have pity. So closely is morality tied to the quality of the intellect. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle. Let him or her get the center in the right place and keep it so and the circumference will be good. — Meister Eckhart
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it.' — Maya Angelou
Don't be discouraged by the size of your network - inspire one person and you are doing good.
You can be a good person without any racial intent and still want to keep the flag. That's what I learned in my time in the south. — Sean Hannity
The simplest idea of someone coming to your home to pamper you at a time when all your energy is being expended to fight a personal battle, is much more than just feeling good about how you look. Beauty Bus gives its clients renewed internal strength to keep fighting. — Karen O
Good Person Quotes
... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls. — Lev S. Vygotsky
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. — Dennis Wholey
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 a good person, but don't waste time to prove it.
You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good man will therefore resist an evil system or administration with his whole soul. — Mahatma Gandhi
Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise. — J. R. D. Tata
Spirituality is natural goodness. God is not a person; God is a presence personified in us. Spirituality is not a thing; it is the atmosphere of God's Presence, goodness, truth, and beauty. — Ernest Holmes
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.
If a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim and propagates his/her new religion, then it is as good as treason. There is a Death Penalty in Islam for such a person. — Zakir Naik
A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not. — Henry Cloud
The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one. — William Blake
Life is too precious to waste it with the wrong person. You're better off alone until the right one comes along. — Tony Gaskins
Being A Better Person Quotes
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
My girlfriend makes me want to be a better person... so I can get a better girlfriend. — Anthony Jeselnik
If you want to know what a man is like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes. — Russell Westbrook
God is loving you into better relationships. He is loving you into being a more loving person. The more we grow in love, the less offended we become. The less offended we become, the more easily and quickly we get healed when people do wound us. — Graham Cooke
Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing — Jim Rohn
Manners is he key thing. Say, for instance, when you are growing up, you are walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody "Good morning everybody"! You can't pass one person.
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away. — William Glasser
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such. — Og Mandino
Become a better person and be sure to know who you are, before meeting someone new and hoping that person knows who you are — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person. — Gloria Steinem
Being A Good Friend Quotes
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
Good-Bye is an easy word to say but try saying it to a friend. If I never knew you, I'd be safe, but half as real, never knowing I could feel. — Pocahontas
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. — Buddha
A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.
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
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. — Richard Bach
There are so many people who want to get together to have a great prayer meeting or other great gatherings. Friend, have you ever tried being alone? That is where God will meet with you. Take the Word of God and go off alone with Him. It will do you a lot of good. — J. Vernon McGee
I don't like any kind of negativity. I try to be good to everyone, whether it's a love, a friend, an ex. I'll always try to treat people the way I want to be treated. — Sayings
A wife and a husband should be regarded as friends for the sake of Allaah. And that friendship is above material needs; each encouraging the other one to do good deeds, which are pleasing to Allaah. — Bilal Philips
That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. — Aphra Behn
Being A Good Parent Quotes
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. — Osho
Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one. — Glennon Melton
There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. — James E. Faust
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one. — Jill Churchill
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. — Phyllis Diller
Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow — Thomas Bray
You can't teach children to be good. The best you can do for your child is to live a good life yourself. What a parent knows and believes, the child will lean on. — Bruno Bettelheim
The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil... — Walt Disney
When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children. — Greg Mortenson
Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer? — Diane Abbott
Doing Good Deed Quotes
Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. — Abu Bakr
All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry. — Al-Shafi‘i
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. — Chinese Proverbs
There is no reward equal to that of doing the most good to the most people in the most need. — Evangeline Booth
Doing good deeds, it's not about the attention or anything. I just think it's the right thing to do. — MrBeast
Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen — Max Lucado
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch
What you do is your history. What you set in motion is your legacy. — Leonard Sweet
Anything positive you do will be remembered by the world as a good Emirati deed, but any negative step you make, will reflect on your country. So you have a responsibility of protecting your country's image, especially when you are abroad. — Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Good Deeds Quotes
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed. — Friedrich Nietzsche
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does. — Martin Luther
Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed. — Zoroaster
Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise. — Zoroaster
So shines a good deed... in a weary world. — Gene Wilder
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil.... With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good. — Maimonides
After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan's temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he'll have an incentive to leave you alone. — Ignatius of Loyola
Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant. — Hamza Yusuf
The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as you can, you can not get out of them a drop of water. So you can not get out of all the books that contain the best precepts the smallest good deed. — Leo Tolstoy
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
If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that has certain propensities for quarrelling, filled with imagination and with appetite for the new and with respect for the old - somebody who takes good care of things and of people. — Connie Nielsen
It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. — Dr. Dre
The issue is sometimes when people are themselves, like, what if you suck, you know? There's a good chance you're not gonna resonate and not be relatable to people. You gotta be a goodhearted, positive person. And a lot of YouTubers I've met anyways are. — Logan Paul
If you want to be happy, make someone else happy. If you want to find the right person in your life, be the right person. If you want to see change in the world, become the change you want to see. — Deepak Chopra
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. — Roald Dahl
Writing is a skill that can be learned much more easily than, say, in-person selling, and so you may just cultivate writing skills until you become a good online communicator and then use that for your sales. — Naval Ravikant
All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog. — Charles M. Schulz
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and as a consequence there is proclaimed, as a fundamental right, the right of free movement in search for truth and in the attainment of moral good and of justice, and also the right to a dignified life. — Pope John XXIII
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 just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded. — Julia Roberts
Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person. — Connie Willis
You, me, and everything we do will one day be forgotten. It will be as if we never existed, even though we did. Nobody will care. Just like right now, almost nobody cares what you actually say or do with your life. And this is actually really good news: it means you can get away with a lot of stupid shit and people will forget and forgive you for it. It means that there’s absolutely no reason to not be the person that you want to be. The pain of un-inhibiting yourself will be fleeting and the reward will last a lifetime. — Mark Manson
Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? And finally, does he inspire to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you've found a good man. — Colleen Hoover
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing. — Quincy Jones
Sexiness is all about your personality, being genuine and confident, and being a good person. — Erin Heatherton
Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. — Marya Mannes
By choosing to embrace and practice good values every day, you choose the higher course in life. And your life goes in a direction that you will always feel good about. You may not always get what you desire, but you will always be the person you desire to be. — John C. Maxwell
I feel like if you're a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what. — Lady Gaga
As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we? — Hugh Laurie
I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And just having a pure heart and being a good person can bring you closer to God. Because once you believe in one particular religion fully and not others, that requires you to start disliking people who don't share your views. — Ishmael Beah
A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live fully in each moment. I believe it would be evident that for the person who was fully open to his new experience, completely without defensiveness, each moment would be new. — Carl Rogers
Your personal brand when consciously built can be a force for good, or a force for destruction. — Isaac Mashman
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team. — Bud Wilkinson
But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations. — Patricia Richardson
Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking? — David Foster Wallace
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