“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
What does it mean to be good? These quotes explore virtue, decency, kindness, and the daily choices that add up to a life well lived. Not preachy — just thoughtful observations from people trying to do right in a complicated world.
“All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.”
“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
“I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.”
“The good is the beautiful.”
“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.”
“I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.”
“Active Evil is better than Passive Good.”
“Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.”
“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”
“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”
“I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy.”
“And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.”
“It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.”
“The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.”
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work.”
“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”