Be Good Quotes - Page 37

• Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Morrow

  Marcus Aurelius Antonius (2016). “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”, p.66, Jester House Publishing via PublishDrive

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• I live near a remedial school. There is a sign that says, slow... children. That can't be good for their self esteem. But look of course on the positive side, they can't read it.

  Jimmy Carr

  Funny, Children, Self Esteem

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• What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the majority of Americans are starting to wake up to the game.

  John Avlon

  Country, Reality, Self

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• Some things are sent to test us. Clearly you must be good at problem solving if you are being set tough exams.

  Jan Hellriegel

  Tests, Tough, Problem

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• What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.

  Mother Jones

  Men, Principles, Citizens

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• In today's society, looking good and feeling good often trumps doing good and being good. And some people don't know the difference anymore.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Differences, People, Feel Good

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Jul 20, 2013

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• I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good.

  Lara Stone

  Children, Gay, Boys

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For the most part, however, Lady in the Water comes across as a movie that's too bad to be good, and not bad enough to be so bad that it's good.

  James Berardinelli

  Water, Enough

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• Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

  Solomon

  Men, Evil, Secret

  "Ecclesiastes". Book by Solomon , 12:13-14, c. 450-200 BCE.

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• Wouldn't it be good to forget everything even if it's just for tonight? Indulge in pleasure... breathe a sweet poison deep into your lungs.

  SebastiAn

  Sweet, Forget Everything, Indulge In

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• God spares us because He is good, but He could not be good if He were not just.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Spares, Ifs

  Aiden Wilson Tozer (1975). “The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God: Their Meaning in the Christian Life”

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• Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you relate to God by being good. Most religions are based on that principle, though there are a million different variations on it...But they all have the same logic: If I perform, if I obey, I’m accepted. The gospel of Jesus is not only different from that but diametrically opposed to it: I’m fully accepted in Jesus Christ, and therefore I obey.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Believe, If There Is A God

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• You may be good, but what are you good for? You've got to be good for something. You've got to be about some project, some task that requires you to be humble and obedient to the universal principles of service. You've got to live a life of complete and total integrity in order to give this kind of service. This integrity enables you to love other people unconditionally, to be courageous and kind at the same time, because you have integratedness inside your own soul.

  Stephen Covey

  Integrity, Character, Humble

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• ROTC programs at Ivy League campuses would liberalize the military. That can only be good for this country.

  Evan Wright

  Country, Military, Ivy

  Evan Wright (2005). “Generation Kill”, p.23, Penguin

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• I have heard and seen many examples of the cruelty that we are able to visit on one another during my time. . . I have also seen incredible forgiveness and compassion. Yes, each of us has the capacity for great evil. But for every act of evil there are a dozen acts of goodness in our world that go unnoticed. It is only because we believe that people should be good that we despair when they are not. Indeed, if people condoned the evil, we would be justified in losing hope. But most of the world does not. We know that we are meant for better.

  Desmond Tutu

  Believe, Compassion, Our World

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• What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music, and books, raising kids-all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Lacking any other purpose in life, it would be good enough to live for their sake.

  Garrison Keillor

  Sports, Sweet, Flower

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• I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle. Let him or her get the center in the right place and keep it so and the circumference will be good.

  Meister Eckhart

  Good Life, Circles, Wish

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• I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time.

  Kenneth H. Cooper

  Exercise, Thinking, Long

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• These all sounded really bad, but they turned out to be good. If they had sounded really good, there would have been too many people working on them.

  Sam Altman

  People, Has Beens, Ifs

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• Many people wait throughout their whole lives for the chance to be good in their own fashion.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Fashion, People, Waiting

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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.
  All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story. Let nothing come between you and the light. Respect men and brothers only. When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God

  Henry David Thoreau

  Brother, Men, Light

  Henry David Thoreau (1894). “The Writings of Henry David Thoreau”

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• It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was.

  Finley Peter Dunne

  Hypocrisy, Good Things

  Finley Peter Dunne (1903). “Observations by Mr. Dooley”, p.67, Library of Alexandria

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• The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.

  C. S. Lewis

  Sweet, Clever, Intellectual

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.74, HarperCollins UK

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• It is true that water will flow indifferently to east and west, but will it flow equally well up and down? Human nature is disposed toward goodness, just as water tends to flow downwards. There is no water but flows downwards, and no man but shows his tendency to be good. Now, by striking water hard, you may splash it higher than your forehead, and by damming it, you may make it go uphill. But, is that the nature of water? It is external force that causes it to do so. Likewise, if a man is made to do what is not good, his nature is being similarly forced.

  Mencius

  Men, Water, East

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• Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.

  Louis Kronenberger

  Gossip, Reputation, Good Company

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