Good People Quotes - Page 2

• One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Business, Keys

  "Less Than Artful Choices: Narcissistic Personality Disorder According to Donald Trump" by Maria Konnikova, bigthink.com. 2017.

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• The people who support me and my dreams make me feel like I'm on top of the world.

  Trey Songz

  Dream, People, Support

  FaceBook post by Trey Songz from Aug 22, 2012

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• We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Integrity, Anger, Character

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.96, Beacon Press

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  It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

  Oscar Wilde

  People, Luck, Enemy

  LadyWindermere's Fan act 1 (1892)

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• When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.

  Fred Rogers

  Mother, Fear, Caring

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.93, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good.

  Mandell Creighton

  People, Doing Good, Harm

  In Louise Creighton Life (1904) vol. 2, p. 503

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• When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Country, Peace, Struggle

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  That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)

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• I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.

  Michael Jackson

  People, Leader, Magic

  FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from Mar 21, 2013

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• So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'

  Patton Oswalt

  Inspirational, Positive, Fear

  "Celebrity Bostonians react to bombings" by Brandon Griggs, www.cnn.com. April 16, 2013.

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• Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

  Marcel Proust

  Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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• I just do not hang around anybody that I don't want to be with. Period. For me, that's been a blessing, and I can stay positive. I hang around people who are happy, who are growing, who want to learn, who don't mind saying sorry or thank you... and [are] having a fun time.

  John Assaraf

  Inspirational, Friendship, Sorry

  FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Mar 05, 2014

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• Failure hurts pretty bad. But when you got good people around you they remind you that failure is actually just a lesson. It's how not to walk so you don't fall again.

  Pharrell Williams

  Hurt, Fall, People

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Relationship, Leadership

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals,
  But because of the inactivities of the good people.

  Swami Vivekananda

  People, Criminals, Doe

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• Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Friends, Good Friend, People

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• When you realize who the good people are in your life, you're so lucky.

  Sophia Bush

  People, Lucky, Realizing

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• A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.

  C. S. Lewis

  Motivational, Strong, Lying

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• For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

  Steven Weinberg

  Religious, Atheist, If There Is A God

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• There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Good Man, Desire

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• Misanthropes have some admirable if paradoxical virtues. It is no exaggeration to say that we are among the nicest people you are likely to meet. Because good manners build sturdy walls, our distaste for intimacy makes us exceedingly cordial "ships that pass in the night." As long as you remain a stranger we will be your friend forever.

  Florence King

  Friendship, Relationship, Wall

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• Grace is not looking for good men whom it may approve, for it is not grace but mere justice to approve goodness. [Rather] it is looking for condemned, guilty, speechless and helpless men whom it may save, sanctify and glorify.

  C. I. Scofield

  Kindness, Men, Justice

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• Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled". Book by Marion Morris, 1917.

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• I'm mad, true. But only about one thing. Horror movies. I love spooks. They are a friendly fearsome lot. Very nice people, actually, if you get to know them. Not like these industry chaps out here

  Kishore Kumar

  Movie, Nice, People

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• I want to do good work. I want the opportunity to work with good people, and the only way I'm gonna do that is to commit 110% - you get out what you put in.

  Christian Bale

  Opportunity, People, Want

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