Famous Quotes: Good

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
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We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.
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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
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There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
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Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.
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We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
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I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
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I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after.
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Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.
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Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
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