Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac
Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves. Albert Camus
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. George Washington
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. Ralph Waldo Emerson
She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind. Toni Morrison
I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. Lao Tzu
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. Friedrich Nietzsche
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. Lao Tzu
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. Aristotle
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. Vince Lombardi
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. Aristotle
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids. Steve Jobs