Good quotes

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.