Good Man Quotes - Page 11

• It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

  George Washington

  Men, Indifferent

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1838). “The writings of George Washington”, p.287

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• Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Pride, Men, Vices

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.170, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• The idea of being a writer attracts a good many shiftless people, those who are merely burdened with poetic feelings or afflicted with sensibility.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Ideas, People, Feelings

  Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose "The Nature and Aims of Fiction" (1969)

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• It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Leadership, Men, Hands

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• The salutory effect of surviving a heart-attack: One felt that nothing mattered beyond kindness, good manners and humour

  Hugh Massingberd

  Love, Life, Family

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• The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from banging their heads on low beams leaping to their feet whenever a woman comes into the room. Aristocrats are also deeply male chauvinist, and ... on the whole they tend to be reactionary.

  Jilly Cooper

  Upper Class, Feet, Rooms

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• The queers of the sixties, like those since, have connived with their repression under a veneer of respectability. Good mannered city queens in suits and pinstripes, so busy establishing themselves, were useless at changing anything.

  Derek Jarman

  Queens, Cities, Useless

  Derek Jarman (2010). “At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament”

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• Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have been less forward to minister onto Christ Himself.

  Francis Atterbury

  Men, Sake, Miserable

  Francis ATTERBURY (Bishop of Rochester.) (1740). “Sermons and Discourses on several Subjects and Occasions”

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• My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

  Sidney Poitier

  Dad, Father, Men

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• There is a variety in tempers of good men.

  Francis Atterbury

  Men, Temper, Variety

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• I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons.

  Ryan Gosling

  Selfish, Mentor, Would Be

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  To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.

  Bruce Lee

  Attitude, Champion, Preparation

  Bruce Lee, M. Uyehara (1977). “Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Advanced Techniques”, p.122, Black Belt Communications

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• I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager

  Victoria Principal

  Management, Good Manager, Managers

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• My parents raised me right, so I always open doors for people and try to have good manners.

  Matt Bomer

  Doors, People, Parent

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• In the midst of this enormous economic crisis, I think Canada has shown itself to be a pretty good manager of the financial system and the economy in ways that we always - haven't always been here in the United States.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Financial, Economic

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Now is the time for all good men to run like hell.

  Craig Reucassel

  Running, Men, Hell

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• I never thought I was a very good manager.

  Barry Diller

  Very Good, Good Manager, Managers

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• The one thing I seek above all else is understanding. Sometimes I'm so frustrated and I don't get it. But I'm lucky to have a good management team and people around me who explain things and answer my questions.

  Justin Guarini

  Team, People, Understanding

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• The English love for privacy is proverbial, and has not been exaggerated. A stranger who strikes up a conversation is looked upon with suspicion - unless he happens to be an American, when his ignorance of good manners is indulged.

  Henry Steele Commager

  Ignorance, Privacy, Language

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• Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

  John Stuart Mill

  Men, Apathy, Needs

  "On Education" (1867)

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• We evolved the ability to communicate disappointment to teach those around us good manners

  Hannibal

  Disappointment, Manners, Ability To Communicate

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• To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.

  Augustus

  Men, Citizens, Arguing

  "An Examination of the Isis Cult with Preliminary Exploration into New Testament Studies". Book by Elizabeth A. McCabe, October 29, 2007.

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• The corruption of the good by the belief in their own infallible goodnes is the most bloody dangerous pitfall in the human spectrum. Once you have conquered all your sins, pride is the one which will conquer you. A man starts off deciding he is a good man because he makes good decisions. Next thing, he's convinced that whatever decision he makes must be good because he's a good man. Most of the wars in the world are caused by people who think they have god on their side. Always stick with people who know they are flawed and ridiculous.

  Helen Fielding

  War, Pride, Men

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• Where there are no women there are no good manners

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Manners, Good Manners

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• A good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.

  John le Carre

  Sacrifice, Men, Soul

  "The Mission Song". Book by John le Carré, 2006.

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