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Good Quotes

Quotes on what it means to be good.

This page rounds up quotes using 'good' in different senses - the simplicity behind good mathematical solutions, the self-importance that can come with good intellectual work, and a wry line about baseball being kinder after retirement. Related pages include Good Luck Quotes.

My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.

Quotes by Robert Griffin III

Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and...

Quotes by Robert Grosseteste

The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands.

Quotes by Robert Grosseteste

Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.

Quotes by Robert H. Schuller

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.

Quotes by Robert H. Schuller

I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart.

Quotes by Robert H. Schuller

It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.

Quotes by Robert Half

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

Quotes by Robert Half

Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.

Quotes by Robert Giroux

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.

Quotes by Robert Goulet

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Quotes by Robert Graves

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Quotes by Robert Graves

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

Quotes by Robert Graves

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

The man who has really won the love of one good woman in this world, I do not care if he dies in the ditch a beggar - his life has been a success.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent, to borrower and lender both.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

If you're willing to do it as good as you're willing to think up to do it, that's what your mind is there for, and you deliver excellence right now, now being the only moment you can control or do...

Quotes by Robert Forster

The job is trying to create movie shots that have depth, that have the meanings you need them to have, and then good enough so that they will add something to the final picture. They will make the picture; they'll...

Quotes by Robert Forster

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are collected under "Good"?
A witty, varied set — from a scientist's dry observation that "mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions," to a wry line about intellectual work requiring "a certain self-importance," to baseball being good to someone only after they quit trying to play it.
Are these quotes meant to be funny or serious?
A bit of both — several have a dry, self-aware humor to them, like the baseball line, while others are more genuinely thoughtful, like the reflection on defining "good" in a moral sense.
Is there a version of this page focused on luck?
Yes, for quotes specifically about fortune and luck, see Good Luck.
What if I want something upbeat rather than witty?
Try Good Vibes or Good Times for a lighter, feel-good tone.
Is there a page about living a good life specifically?
Yes — Good Life covers that theme in more depth.

The tone ranges from academic to lighthearted, showing how flexible a simple word like 'good' can be across contexts. Continue with Good Life Quotes or Good Vibes Quotes.