Good Man Quotes - Page 7

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

  Hannibal

  Disappointment, Manners, Ability To Communicate

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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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• I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Should, Consequence

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• Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.

  Edward Abbey

  Men, Once Upon A Time, Honor

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.26, RosettaBooks

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• Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Kings, Dirty

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• An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

  Cato the Elder

  Men, Orators

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• History is littered with dead good men

  Joe Abercrombie

  Men

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• Good men sometimes make mistakes. A man of integrity will honestly face and correct his mistakes, and that is an example we can respect. Sometimes men try but fail. Not all worthy objectives are realized despite one’s honest and best efforts. True manhood is not always measured by the fruits of one’s labors but by the labors themselves–by one’s striving.

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Mistake, Integrity, Men

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• A good man always knows his limitations.

  Clint Eastwood

  Men, Knows, Limitation

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• You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

  Lillian Gish

  Life, Manners, Easier

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• A good man doesn't just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like this doughnut.

  Roseanne Barr

  Men, Guy, Doughnut

  "Roseanne". Comedy, 2018.

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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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• 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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• 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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• A good man ("un homme de bien", Fr.) never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives (or survives) in eternity.

  African Spir

  Men, Eternity

  "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 44), 1937.

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• I think there are a good many Donald Trump voters who are sick of government as it is practiced in America and genuinely want to blow up the system and see what happens. They are stupid - or at least unwise - but not necessarily racist.

  Gene Weingarten

  Stupid, Blow, Thinking

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• My heroes are people like Philip Levine, who is simply like a god to me, as a writer. And he is a very good man, too.

  Frederick Busch

  Hero, Men, People

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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• A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

  Michael Johnson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)

  Voltaire

  Men, Enemy, Asking

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• Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.

  John Eldredge

  Men, And Love, Ruth

  John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.126, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more?

  Honore de Balzac

  Fashion, Littles, Manners

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• Just laws are no restraint upon the freedom of the good, for the good man desires nothing which a just law will interfere with.

  James Anthony Froude

  Men, Law, Desire

  James Anthony Froude (1871). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.239

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• A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Wise, Mean, Men

  "The Imitation of Christ". Book by Thomas a Kempis, Book 1 Ch. 25; translation by George Stanhope, c. 1418.

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