Good Quotes

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

~ Harry S Truman

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

~ Saint Patrick

I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable.

~ Burgess Owens

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

~ Joseph Smith

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

~ George Bernard Shaw

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.

~ David Letterman

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.

~ Brené Brown

Loving the church also means having the courage to make difficult, trying choices, having ever before oneself the good of the church and not one's own.

~ Pope Benedict Xvi

I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

~ Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

~ Peter Ustinov

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

~ Anatole France

Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

~ Saint Ignatius

It takes a lot of courage, when everyone is asking you what you want to do, if you say that you want to be a musician or an actor; people can be very condescending and say, 'Oh, that's so sweet, good luck with that!' It can be very frustrating.

~ James Norton

The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win.

~ John T. Chambers

What I would say to anybody facing any life challenge or disease is that that is courage - to choose life, to keep looking at what's good.

~ Debbie Ford

Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.

~ Gary Oldman

The condition of all development is not to be content with the present, but to have the courage to ask how everything can be made better and the good fortune to find a right answer to this question in thought or in action.

~ Ellen Key

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

~ Plautus

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

~ Emily Mortimer

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.

~ Thomas À Kempis

My intent is not to inflame Muslims but to entertain readers of great thrillers. At the end of the day, I want people to see a good protagonist struggle against serious odds and do so with courage and honor and integrity.

~ Brad Thor

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that.

~ Jeff Ament

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, 'Can I sing this part,' or, 'I want to play guitar.'

~ Jeff Ament

I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.

~ Saina Nehwal

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

~ Frances Wright

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

~ Stephen Leacock

Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

~ John Milius

I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.

~ Robert Wagner

Hemingway was a jerk. I mean he was really a great jerk. He was a good writer, and he did all sorts of things that I would never have the courage to do, but I don't think I'd enjoy being in the same room with him. He's not my kind of person.

~ Joe Haldeman

I was a great student. I was good at everything.

~ Donald Trump

I don't like to do much with my hair - which is good, because I don't know how! I just always make sure I have a great haircut.

~ Chyler Leigh

You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you know, a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time, trying to have another good night.

~ Slash

Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

~ Winston Churchill

I want to keep meeting new people, enlarging my circle of friends. I have great friends now... really good people. But I'm always ready for what comes next.

~ Paula Danziger

Do you have hands? Excellent. That's a good start. Can you hold a pencil? Great. If you have a sketchbook, open it and start by making a line, a mark, wherever. Doodle.

~ Chris Riddell

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world. Not that I'm great or good at it or anything, it's just that I've done a bunch of them, so you're not shocked.

~ Jonah Hill

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

~ Elbert Hubbard

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

~ Benjamin Disraeli

We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.

~ Damian Woetzel

The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man.

~ Louis Farrakhan