There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment. Orison Swett Marden
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup. Ludwig van Beethoven
But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it. Morgan Freeman
A man is only as good as what he loves. Saul Bellow
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. Saint Augustine
I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person. Aaliyah
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. Thomas Carlyle
I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that's all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers. Ron White
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. W. Somerset Maugham
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. Jose Mourinho
The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get, the more you appreciate a good day versus a happy ending. You understand that life continues on the next day the reality of things is what happens tomorrow. Drew Barrymore
There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do. John Cusack
I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day. R. Kelly
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. Arthur Schopenhauer
I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts. Og Mandino
I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent. Sue Wicks
Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned. Donald Trump
You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life. Emo Philips