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Being Good Quotes

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art Picture Quote #1

I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go Picture Quote #1

If spirituality is that you’re humble in the face of forces greater than you and you believe those forces are more inclined toward being good than being bad, then i’m a spiritual person Picture Quote #1

You achieve stature only by being good enough to deserve it, by forcing even the contemptuous and indifferent to pay attention, and to acknowledge that human relations and human emotions are of inexhaustible interest wherever they occur Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you Picture Quote #1

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don’t win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold Picture Quote #1

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To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power Picture Quote #1

And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training hard, go to bed early, don’t drink alcohol, don’t take drugs, it’s very important to have a policy for educating against doping Picture Quote #1

All I can say is that I’m going to try to coach the way I’ve coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it Picture Quote #1

Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty? Picture Quote #1

Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip Picture Quote #1

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don’t really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident Picture Quote #1

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As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good Picture Quote #1

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious Picture Quote #1

You see, things being good has nothing to do with how you feel outside, it is all to do with how you are inside Picture Quote #1

As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself Picture Quote #1

Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified Picture Quote #1

If you like to tell stories and compose sentences, and if you work hard at being good at these things, then you are a writer even if you haven’t published anything Picture Quote #1

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Baseball is a sport where being stupid and keeping things really simple a lot of times is the right way to do things. There are very few guys that are capable of processing a lot of information and applying it and still being good at it. … I don’t want to name names, but there were guys I played with that were so stupid that they’re really good, because their mind never gets in the way Picture Quote #1

I never decide if an idea is good or bad until I try it. So much of what gets in the way of things being good is thinking that we know. And the more that we can remove any baggage we’re carrying with us, and just be in the moment, use our ears, and pay attention to what’s happening, and just listen to the inner voice that directs us, the better Picture Quote #1

Good people don’t spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad people spend all their time being bad. It is all they think about Picture Quote #1

I’m not lazy. I’m just really gifted, only instead of being good at music or math I’m good at sleeping late Picture Quote #1

Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet as a vegetable it has original sin, and needs improvement. It can smell foul in the pot, linger through the house with pertinacity, and ruin a meal with its wet flab. Cabbage also has a nasty history of being good for you Picture Quote #1

Relieved of moral pretense and stripped of folk costumes, the raw masculinity that all men know in their gut has to do with being good at being a man within a small, embattled gang of men struggling to survive Picture Quote #1

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The sad thing is, I was discovering that you almost have to make a joke of being good to strangers. Up and down the country, these people doing their good deeds were doubtless being seen as slightly eccentric, when in reality and in an ideal world they should be deemed the most normal people of all Picture Quote #1

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive Picture Quote #1

It’s time to teach our daughters that their ability to be good people depends on their being good people, not on whether or not they’re sexually active Picture Quote #1

We’re in the business of luxury and there’s nothing more luxurious than being good to people, being respectful of them Picture Quote #1

The difference in being good at some thing and being great at something is usually found in the little things Picture Quote #1

A man is not merely a man but a man among men, in a world of men. Being good at being a man has more to do with a man’s ability to succeed with men and within groups of men than it does with a man’s relationship to any woman or any group of women. When someone tells a man to be a man, they are telling him to be more like other men, more like the majority of men, and ideally more like the men who other men hold in high regard Picture Quote #1

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Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art (Being Good Quotes) I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go (Being Good Quotes) If spirituality is that you’re humble in the face of forces greater than you and you believe those forces are more inclined toward being good than being bad, then i’m a spiritual person (Being Good Quotes) You achieve stature only by being good enough to deserve it, by forcing even the contemptuous and indifferent to pay attention, and to acknowledge that human relations and human emotions are of inexhaustible interest wherever they occur (Being Good Quotes) I don’t feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you (Being Good Quotes) All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don’t win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold (Being Good Quotes) To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power (Being Good Quotes) And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training hard, go to bed early, don’t drink alcohol, don’t take drugs, it’s very important to have a policy for educating against doping (Being Good Quotes) All I can say is that I’m going to try to coach the way I’ve coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it (Being Good Quotes) Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty? (Being Good Quotes) Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip (Being Good Quotes) Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don’t really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident (Being Good Quotes) As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good (Being Good Quotes) Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious (Being Good Quotes) You see, things being good has nothing to do with how you feel outside, it is all to do with how you are inside (Being Good Quotes) As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself (Being Good Quotes) Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified (Being Good Quotes) If you like to tell stories and compose sentences, and if you work hard at being good at these things, then you are a writer even if you haven’t published anything (Being Good Quotes) Baseball is a sport where being stupid and keeping things really simple a lot of times is the right way to do things. There are very few guys that are capable of processing a lot of information and applying it and still being good at it. … I don’t want to name names, but there were guys I played with that were so stupid that they’re really good, because their mind never gets in the way (Being Good Quotes) I never decide if an idea is good or bad until I try it. So much of what gets in the way of things being good is thinking that we know. And the more that we can remove any baggage we’re carrying with us, and just be in the moment, use our ears, and pay attention to what’s happening, and just listen to the inner voice that directs us, the better (Being Good Quotes) Good people don’t spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad people spend all their time being bad. It is all they think about (Being Good Quotes) I’m not lazy. I’m just really gifted, only instead of being good at music or math I’m good at sleeping late (Being Good Quotes) Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet as a vegetable it has original sin, and needs improvement. It can smell foul in the pot, linger through the house with pertinacity, and ruin a meal with its wet flab. Cabbage also has a nasty history of being good for you (Being Good Quotes) Relieved of moral pretense and stripped of folk costumes, the raw masculinity that all men know in their gut has to do with being good at being a man within a small, embattled gang of men struggling to survive (Being Good Quotes) The sad thing is, I was discovering that you almost have to make a joke of being good to strangers. Up and down the country, these people doing their good deeds were doubtless being seen as slightly eccentric, when in reality and in an ideal world they should be deemed the most normal people of all (Being Good Quotes) We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive (Being Good Quotes) It’s time to teach our daughters that their ability to be good people depends on their being good people, not on whether or not they’re sexually active (Being Good Quotes) We’re in the business of luxury and there’s nothing more luxurious than being good to people, being respectful of them (Being Good Quotes) The difference in being good at some thing and being great at something is usually found in the little things (Being Good Quotes) A man is not merely a man but a man among men, in a world of men. Being good at being a man has more to do with a man’s ability to succeed with men and within groups of men than it does with a man’s relationship to any woman or any group of women. When someone tells a man to be a man, they are telling him to be more like other men, more like the majority of men, and ideally more like the men who other men hold in high regard (Being Good Quotes)

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