Be Good Quotes

• He who stops being better stops being good.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Inspirational, Motivational Sports, Writing

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• Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

  Charles Kingsley

  Sweet, Clever, Maids

  "A Farewell" l. 5 (1858)

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• Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Power, Greatness, Flames

  Misattributed to Tocqueville. "The Tocqueville Fraud" by John Pitney, www.weeklystandard.com. November 12, 1995.

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• Be good and honest to your fellow man and try to do something good for somebody.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Philosophy, Men, Trying

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

  John Adams

  Volunteer, Virtue, Civic Duty

  "What The Founding Fathers Said About Success Will Change Your Approach To Life", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2013.

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• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• But spirituality, it seems to me, when answering the question, "Why should I be good? Why should I care for others?" says, "Because that is the best, most fulfilling way to live" Whether or not you receive an award or a payment is incidental. You are good and kind and loving because it is right, even though it is difficult sometimes. It fulfills the highest law, to treat others as we wish to be treated.

  Philip Gulley

  Awards, Law, Wish

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  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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• Nothing that man ever invents will absolve him from the universal necessity of being good as God is good, righteous as God is righteous, and holy as God is holy.

  Charles Kingsley

  Men, Holy, Goodness

  Charles Kingsley (1874). “David: Five Sermons”, p.12

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• Your karma should be good, and everything else will follow. Your good karma will always win over your bad luck.

  Rohit Shetty

  Karma, Winning, Over You

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• This is the world. Half of it is lit by the sun and the other half remains in darkness. It is the same with life. There is good and bad and it's our duty to remain in the light, be good.

  Anita Nair

  Light, Darkness, Half

  Anita Nair (2001). “Ladies Coupé: A Novel in Parts”, p.212, Penguin Books India

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• The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Encouragement, Freedom, Business

  "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

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• The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Funny, Relationship, Leadership

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• People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Differences, People

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Cheating, Integrity

  Henry David Thoreau, Barry Andrews (2005). “True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every Day of the Year”, p.83, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• If you can’t be good, be colorful.

  Pete Conrad

  Ifs, Colorful

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• The most important thing is to just be good at what you do.

  Victoria Pratt

  Important, Importance, Important Things

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• And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

  Paulo Coelho

  Believe, Men, Nonsense

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• Fascism may be good at making the trains run on time, but you wouldn't like some of the destinations.

  Terry Pratchett

  Running, May, Destination

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• There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

  Joel Osteen

  Blessing, People, Sowing

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• Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching a movie, a ball game, a television set. It may be good once in a while, but it certainly is not good all the time. Our own faculties, our imagination, our memory, the ability to do things with our mind and our hands-they need to be exercised. If we become too passive, we get dissatisfied.

  Maria von Trapp

  Memories, Hands, Games

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• People can be good, people can be generous, people can be helpful. People can help those who are in need when they need it.

  Kevin Sorbo

  People, Needs, Helping

  "From “Hercules” to “Christmas Angel”: Kevin Sorbo talks about his personal journey and his role in GMC TV’s new yuletide film about the value of human kindness". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into the world and finds that goodness is not always rewarded, nor wickedness always punished, he will grow into a man who only thinks about how he may get on in the world, and does right or wrong according as he finds advantage to himself.

  Immanuel Kant

  Children, Men, Naughty

  Immanuel Kant, Annette Churton (2003). “On Education”, p.84, Courier Corporation

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