Quotes with good-fortune

Quotes 2541 till 2560 of 2950.

  • Billy Corgan To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • St. Teresa of Avila To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
    St. Teresa of Avila
    Spanish saint, mystic (1515 - 1582)
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  • Demosthenes To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
    Demosthenes
    Greek statesman and orator (382 - 322)
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  • Victor Hugo To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization - is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Leo Tolstoy To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.
    Leo Tolstoy
    Russian writer (1828 - 1910)
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  • Phillips Brooks To say, ''well done'' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
    Phillips Brooks
    American Minister, Poet (1835 - 1893)
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  • Plato To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Benny Goodman To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
    Benny Goodman
    American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909 - 1986)
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  • Brenda Song To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I think it's the most important thing. Whether you have success or don't have it, whether you're a good person is all that matters.
    Brenda Song
    American actress (1988 - )
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  • H. L. Wayland To value riches is not to be covetous. They are the gift of God, and, like every gift of his, good in themselves, and capable of a good use. But to overvalue riches, to give them a place in the heart which God did not design them to fill, this is covetous
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  • Margaret Thatcher To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Lin Yü-tang Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.
    Lin Yü-tang
    Chinese writer (1895 - 1976)
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  • Bernice Johnson Reagon Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain, you may be doing some good work.
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    American composer, scholar, and social activist (1942 - )
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  • Bob Riley Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Edmund Burke Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard Tom Hanks is fantastic - he is one of my dad's good friends, and he's very warm and funny.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Charles Dickens Tongue: well that's a very good thing when it ain't a woman's.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Aeschylus Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Mae West Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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