Quotes About Good

Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meannesses for the public good.

The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

We [Americans] cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and that at the eleventh hour something gloriously triumphant will prevent the worst before it happens.

If we should promise people nothing better than only revolution, they would scratch their heads and say, 'Isn't it better to have good goulash?'

A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.

A good example is the best sermon.

I searched through rebellion, drugs, diet, mysticism, religion, intellectual-ism and much more, only to find that truth is basically simple and feels good, clear and right.

Taste is nothing but a delicate good sense.

Every man as he loveth, quoth the good man when he kissed the cow.

Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace.

An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward, 'Gentlemen, let there be no mistake. I should make a good president, but a very bad candidate.'

A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good and the people are good, And we're all good fellows together.

What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.

No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil.

What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.

Trusting the Buddha, good and bad, I bid farewell To the departing year.

Learning to trust yourself means focusing on the good you are, the good you have, and the good you desire so that the truth can heal all error thought and allow you to see the blessing hidden in all that you have been through, gone through, and grown through.

I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.

Angels can't enter hell unless a demon holds open the door, and demons can't enter heaven without an angel's say-so.

If Jesus is not God, then there is no Christianity, and we who worship Him are nothing more than idolaters. Conversely, if He is God, those who say He was merely a good man, or even the best of men, are blasphemers. More serious still, if He is not God, then He is a blasphemer in the fullest sense of the word. If He is not God, He is not even good.

Eve: Anyway, thanks for riding to the rescue. You need a white hat. Good guys wear white, right? Roarke: I look better in black.