I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.
The evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones.
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher.
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent.
The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.
A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.