Quotes About Good

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.

To make the existence and coherent structure of this Universe depend upon automatic activity and upon chance is against all good sense.

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

To make an action honorable, it ought to be agreeable to the age, and other circumstances of the person; since it is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

Thus ambitious spirits in a commonwealth, when they transgress their bounds, are apt to do more harm than good.

Friends and kindred should be the good and virtuous [of all mankind], and that the vicious only should be accounted foreigners. Nor ... Greeks and barbarians should be distinguished by long garments, targets, scimitars, or turbans; but that the Grecians should be known by their virtue and courage, and the barbarians by their vices and their cowardice.

There is no substitute for patience, in any work we want to practice it more and more, Practice the truth of good and violence will not give place to your heart.

There is no substitute for patience, in any work we want to practice it more and more, Practice the truth of good and violence will not give place to your heart. Poet Md. Hedaetul Islam

Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination.

What I mean is, all the terrible things that happen in fairy tales seem real. Or not real, but genuine. Life is unfair, and the bad guys keep winning and good people die. But I like how that's not always the end of it...Evil is real, but so is good. They always say fairy tales are simplistic, black and white, but I don't think so. I think they're complicated. That's what I love about them.

A world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

Magic!' cried an old man. 'Tis sorcery, and we are undone!' 'Not so,' I told him, 'Sorcery cannot harm good Christians.' 'But I am a miserable sinner,' he wailed.

Positivism Positive or Negative attitude is not colligated with saying "Yes" or "No" but Positivism is the beliefs, feelings, values and dispositions to act towards good, better and best for you as well as for the universe.

Good things not spoke but bad things many spokes...but it's more than powerful silent.

Why, human thought is a real element, a real force, darting out like electricity from every man's or woman's mind, injuring or relieving, killing or curing, building fortunes or tearing them down, working for good or ill, every moment, night or day, asleep or awake, carving, moulding and shaping people's faces and making them ugly or agreeable.

He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good

To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil by evil is evil.

A good lawyer, an evil neighbour.

From the evil woman guard yourself and the good one never trust.

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.