Good Quotes

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel

It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics.

~ Stephen Hawking

People always say that Californian women are obsessed with their appearance but I think you've got to take good care of yourself, for yourself.

~ Linda Gray

Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men.

~ Tracy Mcmillan

My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot.

~ Michelle Bachelet

Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need - especially women, children and the elderly.

~ Sergei Lavrov

There are a lot of good women in New York.

~ Drake

I don't think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha.

~ Jason Aldean

Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!

~ Isabel Allende

Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.

~ Tug Mcgraw

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

~ H. L. Mencken

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.

~ Charlotte Bunch

And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.

~ Salma Hayek

However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly.

~ Frances Wright

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.

~ Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Just because I haven't yet had any project surgery, I'm not going to knock it, because I think women have the right to do whatever they want to their bodies that make them feel good about themselves.

~ Susan Sarandon

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.

~ Gilbert Parker

I feel like I'm a very good role model for women.

~ Blu Cantrell

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

~ William Reddington Hewlett

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

~ St. Jerome

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.

~ Gretchen Rubin

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

~ Walt Whitman

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

~ Clarence Thomas

I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.

~ Michael Phelps

The best part is still ahead of me - I haven't experienced my 'good old days' yet.

~ Luther Vandross

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

~ Brooke Shields

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

~ Charles Spurgeon

I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.

~ Deirdre O'kane

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

~ Nancy Pearcey

Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.

~ Lin Dan

I was never a pretty girl, so I wasn't the one to get the boy. I used to cast myself as a good sport. Sometimes I wonder if I do that too much with roles I play, because if I'm absolutely truthful, I quite like being the best friend, or the supporting role, and actually I ought to gear-change and make myself the leading role.

~ Celia Imrie

There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.

~ Rachel Platten

Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.

~ Ben Harper

Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good and the general interest.

~ Felipe Vi Of Spain

Looking good is the best revenge.

~ Ivana Trump

Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

~ Derek Jeter

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

~ Simon Sinek

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

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

~ John C. Maxwell