Good Man Quotes - Page 13

It's because even a good man can't always be right, that we need ... rules.

Mr. Trump's a good man, but he doesn't know much about the health care system.

It is a happy woman when the spirit time is come, that finds herself in the presence of a good man.

If Jesus is not God, then there is no Christianity, and we who worship Him are nothing more than idolaters. Conversely, if He is God, those who say He was merely a good man, or even the best of men, are blasphemers. More serious still, if He is not God, then He is a blasphemer in the fullest sense of the word. If He is not God, He is not even good.

Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.

A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.

the Lord gives good many things twice over; but he don't give ye a mother but once.

A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.

There must be some good in the life of battle, for so many good men have enjoyed being soldiers.

The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it.

I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought; but it's been my experience that a good many more use it instead of thought.

Bad men do what good men only dream.

Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of all being-good.

Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly.

Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.

Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

The Spirit of God first imparts love; He next inspires hope, and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in a good many of our churches at the present time.

Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an artificial invention to that purpose. The same may be said of allegiance, of the laws of nations, of modesty, and of good manners. All these are mere human contrivances for the interest of society.

A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.

I want to be a good creature for reasons beyond sharing a life with a good man.

The life of a good man is a continual prayer.

The refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive.

Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.

I never thought I was a very good manager.