Best 308 quotes in «good man quotes» category

And so the blasts of calumny, howl they ever so fiercely over the good man's head, contribute to his juster appreciation and to his wider fame. Preserve only a good conscience toward God, and a loving purpose toward your fellow men, and you need not wince nor tremble, though the pack of the spaniel-hearted hounds snarl at your heels.

[A photograph] should do something to the beholder; either give a more complete appreciation of beauty, or, if nothing else, even a good mental kick in the pants.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Armenag Saroyan. A good man of whom the worst that anybody was willing to say, was that he was too good for this world.

As a good man, if you throw a stone to a bad person, you yourself become a bad man!

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.

As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette?

As far as I'm concerned the last good man went when Elvis died.

As he closed the door he said over his shoulder, "Because you're a good lass." A heavy sigh. "And I'm no' a good man.

As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste.

Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing.

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

Bertrand Russell would not have wished to be called a saint of any description; but he was a great and good man.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways.

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.

Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find that when you're down, nobody has a bloody minute for you. If I was a nobody, you wouldn't even talk to me. People, in general, don't like you being upfront and civil. They hate you for it. They label you a cynic 'cos you're reasonable.

Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.

Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you're standing in a room, your effect is the same as a chair's effect, or a sculpture's. You're part of someone's view, you're part of that world, and so you should dress well. I find it's a show of respect to try to put on your best face and look as good as you can.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.

Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler.

Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed in the word politics ....?

Every branch of knowledge which a good man possesses, he may apply to some good purpose.

Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.

Every man depends on the quantity of sense, wit, or good manners he brings into society for the reception he meets with in it.

Far from rejecting such a good man as you, He never even abandons a wicked man who hopes for His mercy.

For a companion, I require one who will make an equal demand on me with my own genius. Such a one will always be rightly tolerant.It is suicide, and corrupts good manners, to welcome any less than this. I value and trust those who love and praise my aspiration rather than my performance. If you would not stop to look at me, but look whither I am looking, and farther, then my education could not dispense with your company.

For a good man fame is always a problem.

For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manner that laws may be maintained. [It., Perche, cosi come i buoni costumi, per mantenersi, hanno bisogno delli leggi; cosi le leggi per ossevarsi, hanno bisogno de' buoni costumi.]

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.

Forget love. Try good manners.

For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called.

For it is characteristic of true simplicity that there may radiate from its utmost directness a good many glinting things.

God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath.

God, what is all this talk put out by the popes? Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other paradise!

Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

Good manners are never passé.

Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened and that progress in this country takes place as fast as it can.

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

Good manners come, as we say, from good breeding or rather are good breeding; and breeding is acquired by habitual action, in response to habitual stimuli, not by conveying information.

Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style