Good Man Quotes - Page 24

• I am no preacher of the old legal Sabbath. I am a preacher of the gospel. The Sabbath of the Jew is to him a task; the Lord's Day of the Christian, the first day of the week, is to him a joy, a day of rest, of peace, and of thanksgiving. And if you Christian men can earnestly drive away all distractions, so that you can really rest today, it will be good for your bodies, good for your souls, good mentally, good spiritually, good temporally, and good eternally.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Men, Joy

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• They say a good man is worth fighting for. But a man who's good for YOU shouldn't make you fight just for the right to be in his life.

  Kyra Davis

  Fighting, Men, Worth Fighting For

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• There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Names, World, Want

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• You want to be free and break new ground, speak your mind, fear no man, have the neighbours acknowledge that you're a good man; and at the same time you want to be a success, make money, join the country club, get the votes and kick the other man in the teeth and off the ladder.

  Christina Stead

  Success, Country, Ambition

  Christina Stead (2012). “I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist”, p.39, Open Road Media

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• Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man.

  Sarah Louise Delany

  Falling In Love, Smart, Men

  Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.41, Kodansha America

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• The paradox is that exactly the reverse is true. Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free; our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends and country. All these priceless possessions are free.
  But the things that cost us money are actually very cheap and can be replaced at any time. A good man can be completely wiped out and make another fortune. He can do that several times. Even if our home burns down, we can rebuild it. But the things we got for nothing, we can never replace.

  Earl Nightingale

  Dream, Country, Children

  Robert C. Worstell, Earl Nightingale (2015). “How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds”, p.13, Lulu.com

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• One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.

  Anthony Trollope

  Clever, Mean, Should Have

  Anthony Trollope (2015). “The Prime Minister (Unabridged): Parliamentary Novel from the prolific English novelist, known for The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, The Last Chronicle of Barset, Can You Forgive Her? and Phineas Finn”, p.281, e-artnow

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• Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the Greek warriors around Troy, and King of Ithaca. He was subjected to many trials, but with wisdom and courage came through them all.... he is a complete man as well, a good man.

  James Joyce

  Kings, Husband, Father

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• A good man: body serves his will and enjoys hard work, clear intellect that understands the truths of nature, full of passion for life but controlled by his will, well-developed conscience, loves beauty in art and nature, despises inferior morality, respects himself and others.

  Thomas Huxley

  Art, Hard Work, Passion

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• Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?

  Patrick Henry

  Country, Loss, Men

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Samuel Bryan, Patrick Henry (2017). “Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist: The Great Debate (Complete Articles & Essays in One Volume): Words that Traced the Path of the Nation - Founding Fathers’ Political and Philosophical Debate, Their Opinions and Arguments about the Constitution”, p.83, Madison & Adams Press

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• If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power... they will talk, they will gloat. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word.

  Terry Pratchett

  Men, Arrows, Evil

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• He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own conviction, and guards others from delusion; but steadiness of belief, and boldness of profession, are yet only part of the form of godliness.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Fearless, Defense

  Samuel Johnson (1812). “Sermons Attributed to Samuel Johnson: And Left for Publication by John Taylor”, p.209

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• It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

  Henry Fielding

  Wise, Men, Easier

  Henry Fielding, Thomas Roscoe (1851). “The Works of Henry Fielding: Complete in One Volume”, p.28

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• What is the good life? What is the good man? The good woman? What is the good society and what is my relation to it? What are my obligations to society? What is best for my children? What is justice? Truth? Virtue? What is my relation to nature, to death, to aging, to pain, to illness? How can I live a zestful, enjoyable, meaningful life? What is my responsibility to my brothers? Who are my brothers? What shall I be loyal to? What must I be ready to die for?

  Abraham Maslow

  Meaningful, Brother, Children

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• To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

  Democritus

  Wise, Men, Earth

  "History of Philosophy" by F. Uberweg, New York, vol. 1, (p. 71), 1871.

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• He was such a good man that people hated to see him coming.

  Mark Twain

  Men, People, Hated

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• Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Men, Doe

  Martin Luther (1915). “Works of Martin Luther: With Introductions and Notes”, p.747, Library of Alexandria

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• The good man has his enemies. He would not be like His Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for friendship of the world is enmity to God.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Men, Enemy

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2016). “Treasury of David”, p.767, Bible Study Steps

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• There come a time, when good man must wear mask.

  Johnny Depp

  Men, Lone Ranger, Mask

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• That's the whole challenge of life - to act with honor and hope and generosity, no whatter what you've drawn. You can't help when or what you were born, you may not be able to help how you die; but you can - and you should - try to pass the days between as a good man.

  Anton Myrer

  Men, Generosity, Challenges

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• The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing.

  William Wordsworth

  Life, Angel, Men

  William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.327

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

  A.J. Ayer

  Men, Saint, Description

  A. J. Ayer (1988). “Bertrand Russell”, p.155, University of Chicago Press

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

  Solon

  Men, Evil, Excellence

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• Saints rarely have friends; they are usually hated and derided, for they love and love is always rejected by hard-hearted men....saints do not advertise themselves; good men do not seek out a name in the world....the saints did what they did almost in stealth, asking nothing except that men love God.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Love Is, Men, Names

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• If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.

  Lee Iacocca

  Quality, Managers, One Word

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