Good Man Quotes

• Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Time, Integrity, Insperational

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius (Book X, Chapter 16), circa 170.

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  The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Success, Respect

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• It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

  Publilius Syrus

  Kindness, Integrity, Men

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• A good man will find that there is goodness in the world; an honest man will find that there is honesty in the world; and a man of principle will find principle and integrity in the hearts
  of others.

  Albert Pike

  Honesty, Integrity, Heart

  Albert Pike (2013). “Morals and Dogma”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• The heart of a good man is the sanctuary of God in this world.

  Suzanne Curchod

  Heart, Men, World

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• I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.

  Raimond Gaita

  Father, Men, Saws

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• The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.

  John Dewey

  Inspirational, Change, Integrity

  John Dewey (2012). “Reconstruction in Philosophy”, p.101, Courier Corporation

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• The first step to be a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones someone else carrying.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Stones, Firsts

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• To a good man, God gives not only wisdom and knowledge, but joy.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Giving, Joy

  Matthew Henry (2011). “Grant Me Wisdom”, p.95, Barbour Publishing

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• People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

  John F. Kennedy Jr.

  Inspirational, Men, People

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• A good man will never harm or oppress another. A good man will share his last morsel of food with others in need, and die of hunger when he no longer has any food -- instead of cheat or steal from others to survive. Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

  Suzy Kassem

  Humility, Men, Honorable Man

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• A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Lying, Men, Profit

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• Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.

  Seneca the Younger

  Men, Wrinkle In Time

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• In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of their fellow citizens to remain indifferent.

  William Sloane Coffin

  Men, Evil, Majority

  William Sloane Coffin (1977). “Once to Every Man: A Memoir”, Atheneum Books

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• A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Design, Desire

  Matthew Henry, Thomas Scott (1835). “A commentary upon the holy Bible: Job to Salomon's song”, p.82

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• The truth is that there are no good men, or bad men,' he said. 'It is the deeds that have goodness or badness in them. There are good deeds, and bad deeds. Men are just men - it is what they do, or refuse to do, that links them to good and evil. The truth is that an instant of real love, in the heart of anyone - the noblest man alive or the most wicked - has the whole purpose and process and meaning of life within the lotus-folds of its passion. The truth is that we are all, every one of us, every atom, every galaxy, and every particle of matter in the universe, moving toward God.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Real, Moving, Passion

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.179, Macmillan

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• Demons run when a good man goes to war.

  Steven Moffat

  Running, War, Men

  "Doctor Who". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man.

  Jack Donovan

  Men, Differences, Be Good

  "The Way of Men". Book by Jack Donovan, March 22, 2012.

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• One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Laughing, Deep Thought

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• A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

  Joseph Hall

  Men, Enemy, Goodness

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• Affliction is a good man's shining time.

  Edward Young

  Men, Hard Times, Tough Times

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• People always say, 'A good man is hard to find.' You've never heard that about women, have you?

  Frederick Lenz

  Women, People, Enlightenment

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• The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

  William James

  Education, Philosophical, Carpe Diem

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Now And Then, Goodness

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• A good man's prayers will from the deepest dungeon climb heaven's height, and bring a blessing down.

  Joanna Baillie

  Prayer, Blessing, Men

  Joanna Baillie (1832). “The Complete Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie”, p.195

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