Good quotes

The good man is the friend of all living things.

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.