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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.

You don't get the good without the bad, but you really do have to see it all in order to make progress.

Quotes by Margot Lee Shetterly

I'd love them to have adorable little American accents, but I do want to bring my kids up in Australia; it's such a good lifestyle.

Quotes by Margot Robbie

What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation is as good as the enforcement of it.

Quotes by Margrethe Vestager

It's my impression that investment in Europe is done for the right reasons. Europe is a very good place to do business; it's a large market.

Quotes by Margrethe Vestager

Hitler was good in the beginning, but he went too far.

Quotes by Marge Schott

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of...

Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

I am not a weirdo, a wacko, or an eccentric for wanting to do good, honest work on a day-to-day basis.

Quotes by Margaret Trudeau

I don't paint, and I can't draw, but I see things, I think, quite well, and I love being able to freeze things with the camera, particularly the children. Then I discovered with the camera that you can tell a...

Quotes by Margaret Trudeau

Bad choices make good stories.

Quotes by Margaret Trudeau

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Quotes by Margaret Walker

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.

Quotes by Margaret Mahy

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Quotes by Margaret Mead

I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it...

Quotes by Margaret Mitchell

With 'The Leftovers,' I was actually super, super lucky. It was my first major audition. When I came out, the casting director was kissing me on the face, and I was like, 'Oh, that's probably a good sign.'

Quotes by Margaret Qualley

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.

Quotes by Margaret Fuller

For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.

Quotes by Margaret Heffernan

For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or...

Quotes by Margaret J. Wheatley

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

Quotes by Margaret Keane

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.

Quotes by Margaret Anderson

I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad.

Quotes by Margaret Carlson

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.