Good quotes

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.