Quotes about Good
A man's value to the community depends primarily on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.
- Albert Einstein
I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
- Oprah Winfrey
The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.
- George W. Bush
There's no expert on this planet who says that the government telling people what to do actually does any good with this issue, this is going to require an effort on everyone's part.
- Michelle Obama
I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
- Gordon Hinckley
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
- Calvin Coolidge
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
- Charles Dickens
The good we do today becomes the happiness of tomorrow.
- William James
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one another's burdens.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
- William Wordsworth
I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.
- CS Lewis
All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.
- Samuel Johnson