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Quotes About Good

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Tis the good reader that makes the good book;… in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakably meant for his ear.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
All are gurus to us, the wicked by their evil deeds say 'do not come near me'. the good are always good, therefore all are like gurus to us.
~ Ramana Maharshi
To bad as well as good, to all, A generous man compassion shows; On earth no mortal lives, he knows, Who does not oft through weakness fall.
~ Ramayana
If understanding followed no rule at all, there would be no good in the understanding nor in the matter understood, and to remain in ignorance would be the greatest good.
~ Ramon Lull
Evil exists, boy," he told patient Hero, "and it will always exist in abundance, if only to give the good an opportunity to shine." He scratched Hero's skull. "Truth #4.
~ Randall Silvis
Rivka believed that HaShem was both all-good and all-powerful—so good that he created people, so powerful that he gave them free will. And that made evil possible. If men could not choose evil, then they were not free. Therefore, the existence of evil was proof of HaShem's great power to create those who could choose to oppose him.
~ Randy Ingermanson
Everywhere the same law holds good: 'There is no weapon of your individual will which, once appropriated by others, does not turn against you.' If
~ Raoul Vaneigem
One of the greatest pleasures of music is to make other people listen to it; to feel, for just a moment, a tiny part of an ideal world in which everything is good, beautiful, harmony, love.
~ Raphael Sommer
trench town is my waterhole from which I shall drink of africa to quench my thirst. many good things and people came out of trench town and I am here to tell the world that truth.
~ RAS CARDO REGGAE
This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom - the fear of God.
~ Ray Comfort
A primary role of traditional religion is deathist rationalization—that is, rationalizing the tragedy of death as a good thing.
~ Ray Kurzweil
Snake pulled out the digital camera and decided to play a joke on Otacon. He snapped a picture of the pinup, muttered, "Good," and closed the door.
~ Raymond Benson
Sanity is all that stands between good and evil.
~ Raymond E. Feist
The first essential in any book is that it have something significant to say --a book that leaves the reader with bigger ideas than when he began reading - that stimulates his thinking, stretches his mind, deepens his feelings. A good book sticks to your ribs.
~ Rebecca Caudill
Every country has its own requirements. The point is only that the principles would have to be the same in both cases: namely the equal good of all.
~ Rebecca Donner
If you say there is no such thing as morality in absolute terms, then child abuse is not evil, it just may not happen to be your thing.
~ Rebecca Manley Pippert
Penn Cage I think of as annoyingly righteous sometimes. He's almost too good.
~ Greg Iles
Coach Cal really makes you look good.
~ Jamal Murray
I'm quite a calm player. I like to have the ball at my feet, I'm good with the ball and I'm quite good at reading the game.
~ Victor Lindelof
With our brains and our smarts and our altruistic capability, we can do a lot of good.
~ Julie Payette
A man without a memory is only capable of doing evil, nothing else but evil.
~ Svetlana Alexievich
This is Manchester United; we have the capacity to buy new players, we have the best players in the world. But I think it's good for me.
~ Ander Herrera