Good Things Quotes - Page 10

• ... all good things beyond sleep come precisely because we defy gravity while we live.

  Dan Simmons

  Sleep, Gravity

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• You’re strong enough to stand up to anyone. Smart enough to do anything you want. Don’t sell yourself short; don’t be afraid of what your new life is going to offer. Because I know—if there’s any justice in this world, good things are going to come to you. Better things than you ever dreamed.

  Claudia Gray

  Strong, Smart, Justice

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• A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.

  Matthew Henry

  Heart, Humble, Men

  Matthew Henry “Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: Volume IV-IV - Joel to Malachi”, Lulu.com

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• Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

  John Steinbeck

  Struggle, Worthwhile, Grows

  John Steinbeck (2006). “In Dubious Battle”, p.176, Penguin

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• Infatuation was a good thing. It gave spice to life, and added to its enjoyment... But it was different from love. Love was worth everything, and couldn't be exchanged for anything.

  Paulo Coelho

  Different, Spices, Infatuation

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• No matter what choice you make, it doesn't define you. Not forever. People can make bad choices and change their minds and hearts and do good things later; just as people can make good choices and then turn around and walk a bad path. No choice we make lasts our whole life. If there's ever a choice you've made that you no longer agree with, you can make another choice.

  Jonathan Maberry

  Heart, People, Choices

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• We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Reality, Numbers, Reason

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• Shut up. What did you ask me, anyway?” – Sundown “Really? Good thing I didn’t tell you to duck a bomb.” – Sasha

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Ducks, Bombs, Shut Up

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• I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Life, Thinking, Used

  Richard P. Feynman (2015). “The Quotable Feynman”, p.222, Princeton University Press

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• There's one good thing about getting in trouble: It seems like you do it in steps. It seems like you don't just end up in trouble but that you kind of ease yourself into it. It also seems like the worse the trouble is that you get into, the more steps it takes to get there. Sort of like you're getting a bunch of little warnings on the way; sort of like if you really wanted to you could turn around.

  Christopher Paul Curtis

  Life, Warning, Ease

  Christopher Paul Curtis (1997). “The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963: A Novel”, Yearling Books

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• Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Taken, Men, Decision

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.68, Macmillan

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• Everyone runs around trying to find a place where they still serve breakfast because eating breakfast, even if it's 5 o'clock in the afternoon, is a sign that the day has just begun and good things can still happen. Having lunch is like throwing in the towel.

  Jonathan Goldstein

  Running, Lunch, Trying

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• Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the desire for them. Old age is the supreme evil, because it deprives us of all pleasures, leaving us only the appetite for them, and it brings with it all sufferings. Nevertheless, we fear death, and we desire old age.

  Giacomo Leopardi

  Evil, Leaving, Suffering

  Giacomo Leopardi (2002). “Thoughts: And, The Broom [or The Flower of the Desert]”, Hesperus Press

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• Man, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon.

  J.R. Ward

  Cancer, Men, Smoking

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.36, Penguin

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• And the funny thing was if you made the best of it, if you smiled through every storm, the bad things were never as terrible as you expected them to be, and the good things were better than anything you could have wished for yourself.

  Dean Koontz

  Funny Things, Storm, Made

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• Good things, by their nature, are fleeting. It’s those that bring us grief that linger.

  Megan Hart

  Grief, Fleeting

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• Good things could happen to not so bad people.

  Mike Gayle

  Karma, People, Happens

  Mike Gayle (2002). “My Legendary Girlfriend”, p.96, Broadway Books

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• You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing

  Dale Carnegie

  One Day, Looks, Happens

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• She looked up. "What I can't figure out is why the good things always end." "Everything ends." "Not some things. Not the bad things. They never go away." "Yes, they do. If you let them, they go away. Not as fast as we'd like sometimes, but they end too. What doesn't end is the way we feel about each other. Even when you're all grown up and somewhere else, you can remember what a good time we had together. Even when you're in the middle of bad things and they never seem to be changing, you can remember me. And I'll remember you.

  Torey L. Hayden

  Remember You, Remembers You, Somewhere Else

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• You are entering a phase of your life in which many different things will occur...bad things that seem good at first and good things that seem bad at first.

  Haruki Murakami

  Different, Entering, Phases

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• The only good thing I've ever noticed about money, the only positive aspect of an otherwise pretty vulgar commodity, is that you can use it to buy things.

  Hugh Laurie

  Use, Commodity, Aspect

  Hugh Laurie (1998). “The Gun Seller”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• In life, we don't know why things happen. I believe God is not responsible for the bad things that happen to you. Sometimes I think He's responsible for the good things, but sometimes it's something you shape up for yourself.

  Buck Brannaman

  Believe, Thinking, Why Things Happen

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• Still, one of the few good things about being dyslexic is that when I say I don’t read reviews, I mean I don’t read reviews.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Mean, Reviews, Dyslexic

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• Something feels weird," he told Laura. That wasn't the first thing he said to her. The first thing was "I love you," because it's a good thing to say if you can mean it, and Shadow did.

  Neil Gaiman

  Love You, Mean, Shadow

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel”, p.22, Harper Collins

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• And like I said, I didn't know him very well, but my ears perked up whenever I heard his name. I guess I wanted to hear something - anything - juicy. Not because I wanted to spread gossip. I just couldn't believe someone could be that good. If he was actually that good... wonderful. Great! But it became a personal game of mine. How long could I go on hearing nothing but good things about Clay Jensen? Normally, when a person has a stellar image, another person's waiting in the wings to tear them apart. They're waiting for that one fatal flaw to expose itself. But not with Clay.

  Jay Asher

  Believe, Games, Names

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.199, Penguin

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