Good Quotes: Words of Wisdom for a Better Life

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician

"Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor"

Giovanni Morassutti, Actor

"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

Willie Mays, Athlete

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"

Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind"

Philo, Philosopher

"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least"

Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer

"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked"

Epictetus, Philosopher

"It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"Let us choose to believe something good can happen"

J. Martin Kohe, Psychologist

"There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman"

Pythagoras, Mathematician

"To do no evil is good, to intend none better"

Claudius, Leader

"It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth"

Sophocles, Author

"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less"

Plato, Philosopher

"Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet

"There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one"

Pamela Stephenson, Actress

"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished"

Og Mandino, Author

"Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess"

John Cusack, Actor

"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything"

Demetri Martin, Comedian

"Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice"

David Seabury, Psychologist

"The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds"

Mason Cooley, Writer

"Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane"

Charlie Sheen, Actor

"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

"Politeness is half good manners and half good lying"

Mary Wilson Little, Writer

"For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change"

John Hawkes, Actor

"I once bought an old car back after I sold it because I missed it so much and I had forgotten that it never ran. It was a British racing car. You know, because I just wanted it back. I could only remember what was good about it"

Connie Chung, Journalist

"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure"

Anne Baxter, Actress

"There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws"

Andrew Johnson, President

"I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off"

Roger McGough, Poet

"Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design"

Stephen Gardiner, Architect

"I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers"

Lance Burton, Entertainer

"I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies"

Virginia Madsen, Actress

"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil"

Hans Kung, Theologian

"Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever"

Don Marquis, Journalist

"Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not"

Ben Jonson, Poet

"We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time"

Daniel Johns, Musician

"Whatever happened to the good ole days, when children worked in factories?"

Emo Philips, Comedian

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