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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.

I played at Lancashire when Glen Chapple was 40 to 41 and he was as good as he ever was then.

Quotes by James Anderson

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.

Quotes by James Anthony Froude

I'm not a particularly good liar.

Quotes by Jake Tapper

There are a lot of good writers in TV!

Quotes by Jake Tapper

The sweet quality is set opposite to the bitter, and is a gracious, amiable, blessed and pleasant quality, a refreshing of the life, an allaying of the fierceness. It maketh all pleasant and friendly in every creature; it maketh the...

Quotes by Jakob Bohme

The sour quality is set opposite to the bitter and the sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and cooling when the bitter and the sweet qualities are too much elevated or too preponderant.

Quotes by Jakob Bohme

There is nothing in nature wherein there is not good and evil; everything moveth and liveth in this double impulse, working or operation, be it what it will.

Quotes by Jakob Bohme

The holy angels live and qualify in the light, in the good quality wherein the Holy Ghost reigneth. The devils live and reign in the fierce wrathful quality, in the quality of fierceness and wrath, destruction or perdition.

Quotes by Jakob Bohme

God wills in man only that which is good, in the kingdom of his grace; where the free will yields itself up into the grace, there God wills that which is good in the will, through the grace.

Quotes by Jakob Bohme

The law of God, and also the way to life, is written in our hearts: It lieth in no man's supposition and knowing, nor in any historical opinion, but in a good will and well-doing.

Quotes by Jakob Bohme

You couldn't really like a bad guitar in 1960 'cause everybody was pretty good.

Quotes by Jakob Dylan

I don't like to sing things that just sound like they're going straight down the tubes, and they're circling the drain, and there's no hope. It doesn't feel good in any way to sing.

Quotes by Jakob Dylan

Good leaders, good team players, know how to make the most of everything.

Quotes by Jalen Brunson

If I started at 13, by the time I was 14 I was already good enough to play in front of people. I started off playing drums when I was 5, so playing in front of people didn't matter -...

Quotes by Jam Master Jay

A good scenario doesn't make a good science fiction story - but it's a setting within which a good science fiction story might be told.

Quotes by Jamais Cascio

Many other countries in the region also have money and oil, but they haven't done much good with it - at least not enough to stop the Middle East's disastrous wars. Saudi Arabia at least has something else: stability, a...

Quotes by Jamal Khashoggi

Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday.

Quotes by Jamal Lewis

I look good, and I know it.

Quotes by Jameis Winston

The most important thing I learned is I have to get my body in shape, because those men look good. Not just the other quarterbacks - everyone. Their bodies look good.

Quotes by Jameis Winston

Any way you can invest in yourself to make you play better is a good thing.

Quotes by Jameis Winston

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.