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Quotes About Good

I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
~ Mae West
That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good.
~ Virgil
I'm a perfect example of the grumpy, old man. I'm really good at it.
~ Ned Beatty
Here's to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this does.
~ Omar Khayyam
I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.
~ Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
~ Isaac Newton
Ninja should have the benevolence to protect men of justice since there are lots of good and respectable people in the world.
~ Masaaki Hatsumi
The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme.
~ John Buford
I detect more good than evil in humanity. Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, And men grow better as the world grows old.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.
~ Gautama Buddha
A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil.
~ A.A. Attanasio
The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.
~ Alec Guinness
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
~ Sophocles
Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.
~ James Mackintosh
Long as I remember, rain been comin' down; Clouds of mystery fallin', confusion on the ground; Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder: Who will stop the rain?
~ John Fogerty
It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the protection of God to preserve them from contamination.
~ Charles Hodge
A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
~ Edmond Rostand
If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)
~ George R. R. Martin
As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.
~ Benjamin Franklin
A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
~ Brigham Young
The old idea of a good bargain was a transaction in which one man got the better of another. The new idea of a good contract is a transaction which is good for both parties to it.
~ Louis D. Brandeis
Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man.
~ Robert A. Heinlein