Quotes About Good

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures.

Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the mark of a good man.

Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

Let us not paralyze our capacity for good by brooding of man's capacity for evil.

Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.

Money is power, money is force, money will do good as harm. In the hands of good men and women it could accomplish, and it has accomplished, good.

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.

There are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues.

A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.

God makes all things good; Man meddles with 'em and they become evil.

Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.

Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.

Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life

The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.

Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.

Since reason is man's basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates, opposes or destroys it is the evil.

Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.

Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.