Good quotes

When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.