Good Man Quotes - Page 10

• The most important factor in the training of good mental habits consists in acquiring the attitude of suspended conclusion, and in mastering the various methods of searching for new materials to corroborate or to refute the first suggestions that occur.

  John Dewey

  Attitude, Training, Important

  John Dewey (2015). “How We Think: Top American Authors”, p.12, 谷月社

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• It's true what they say - all the good men are married. But it's marriage that makes them good.

  Gay Talese

  Marriage, Men, Married

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• Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Children, Men, Gowns

  Oliver Goldsmith (1806). “The Poetical Works”, p.31

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• You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter

  Tacitus

  Believe, Men, Might

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• The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Sweet, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.615, Library of America

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• All good men and women must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the next generation to a level we could only imagine.

  Jim Rohn

  Responsibility, Men, Legacy

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• In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Numbers, Musician, Berlin

  James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). “The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays”, p.331, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• That renunciation of human closeness, of our deepest instincts: is it, in the end, simply too much to ask? Good men-sound, healthy men-can't make the sacrifice, or don't want to; has Holy Mother settled for the unsound and unhealthy? Has the Church, ever pragmatic, made do with what is left?

  Jennifer Haigh

  Mother, Sacrifice, Men

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• Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Important, Essentials

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• For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.

  Rafe Spall

  Dad, Father, Responsibility

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• When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

  Confucius

  Heart, Men, Thinking

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• I know how important good mental health care can be because I personally benefited from it.

  Tipper Gore

  Important, Care, Mental Health

  "Tipper Gore Details Depression Treatment" by Ceci Connolly, www.washingtonpost.com. May 8, 1999.

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• We fight not for glory, nor for wealth, nor honour but only and alone for freedom which no good man surrenders but with his life.

  Robert the Bruce

  Fighting, Men, Wealth

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• There are six stages to knowledge: Firstly: Asking questions in a good manner. Secondly: Remaining quiet and listening attentively. Thirdly: Understanding well. Fourthly: Memorising. Fifthly: Teaching. Sixthly- and it is its fruit: Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Teaching, Asking Questions, Understanding

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• A woman in the presence of a good man, a real man, loves being a woman. His strength allows her feminine heart to flourish. His pursuit draws out her beauty. And a man in the presence of a real woman loves being a man. Her beauty arouses him to play the man; it draws out his strength. She inspires him to be a hero.

  Stasi Eldredge

  Inspirational, Strength, Romantic

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• The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.

  Alec Guinness

  Men, Applause, Very Good

  Alec Guinness (1998). “My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor”, Penguin Mass Market

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• What is a good man?
  Simply one whose life is useful to the world.
  And a bad man is simply one whose life is harmful to others.
  There are, however, those who are harmful and yet enjoy a good reputation, and who manage to profit by a show of usefulness.
  These are the worst of all.

  Zhang Zhao

  Men, World, Reputation

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• Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.

  George Lucas

  Hero, Caring, Self

  "Of Myth And Men". Interview with Bill Moyers, content.time.com. April 18, 1999.

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• It took the love of a good man [to heal]. When I was reverting back into my, let's say, perversions, he would say: 'Let's go get an ice cream. I am not going to enable you. If you can only come as a wanton woman for hire, because you feel dirty and shamed, then no. Women are goddesses.' And I know that and I believe that. I chose a man who believed that, too.

  Tori Amos

  Believe, Dirty, Men

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• In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.

  Socrates

  Sleep, Men, Peers

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we must adorn every day with sacrifices. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sacrifice, Law, Reign

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2581, Delphi Classics

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• It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge. Good men are afraid of the guilt of omissions ( I Samuel 12).

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Israel, Omission

  Matthew Henry (1808). “An exposition of all the books of the Old and New Testaments: ...: Wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents: the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs ... largely illustrated with practical remarks and observations”

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• Reading a book about management isnt going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.

  Drew Houston

  Reading, Book, Thinking

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• Wicked men obey out of fear. good men, out of love

  Aristotle

  Men, Wicked, Wicked Man

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• Women have a very good sense for seeing instantly what constitutes a good man. Not physically. The physical strength is only a small side of it.

  Werner Herzog

  Men, Sides, Very Good

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. June 11, 2003.

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