Home » Good Good 1 Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. Victor Hugo History, Good, Great Add to Collection 2 Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides. Victor Hugo Good, Quality, Mercy Add to Collection 3 Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Martin Luther King, Jr Good, People, Understanding Add to Collection 4 History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr History, Good, Silence Add to Collection 5 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. Martin Luther King, Jr Good, Power Add to Collection 6 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?' Martin Luther King, Jr Motivational, Good, Man Add to Collection 7 The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr Good, Silence, Good People Add to Collection 8 When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas. Willie Nelson Good, Internet, Computers Add to Collection 9 Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything. Willie Nelson Great, Good, Ability Add to Collection 10 You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can. Willie Nelson Good, Balance, Parent Add to Collection 11 If a song was ever good, it's still good. Willie Nelson Good, Song, Still Add to Collection 12 When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can't do that if you're a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I'd tell them to sing more. It's good therapy, too. Willie Nelson Fitness, Good, Advice Add to Collection 13 One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. William Wordsworth Good, Man, Evil Add to Collection 14 If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. William James Experience, Good, Human Add to Collection 15 No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. William James Character, Good, Opportunity Add to Collection 16 The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. William James Education, Good, Man Add to Collection 17 We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. William James Good, Man, Choice Add to Collection 18 I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. William Butler Yeats Best, Good, Man Add to Collection 19 He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. William Blake Art, Science, Good Add to Collection 20 The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does. William Blake Good, Great, Artist Add to Collection 21 Active Evil is better than Passive Good. William Blake Good, Evil, Better Add to Collection 22 The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward Teacher, Good, Great Add to Collection 23 If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%. Will Smith Work, Good, Work Hard Add to Collection 24 If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story. Isabel Allende Good, Story, Choose Add to Collection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next › last »