Good Man Quotes - Page 5

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)

If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman in your 60s, and maybe a Spider-Man in your 70s.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Most important is be a good man.

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Be good. Do good. The devil wields no power over a good man.

Good manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And anyone can have them.

The object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good.

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.

Most women find a man with good manners sexy.

If men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man's being a good poet without first being a good man.

The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.

What makes a good man?

The extraordinary business does not require good management.

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

To a good man nothing that happens is evil.

A good woman is known by what she does; a good man by what he doesn't.

Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."

One good man, one good man, it ain't much - it's only everything.