- Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. Lao Tzu
- A good completion takes a long time; a bad completion cannot be changed later. Zhuangzi
- Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin
- The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there. Robert M. Pirsig
- Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness. Michel de Montaigne
- We are here to add to what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. William Osler
- One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you’re tired. George Carlin
- Again, people seem to seek honor in order to convince themselves of their own goodness. Aristotle
- Run your own race, at your own pace. Dan Mace
- If you have to chase it, you will never have it. Kapil Gupta
- Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius
- The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified. Swami Vivekananda
- Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine (Rights of Man)
- Love is not dependent on the object, but is a radiation of your subjectivity – a radiation of your soul. Osho
- The good man is the friend of all living things. Mahatma Gandhi
- I believe that life exists to be enjoyed, and that the most important thing is to feel good about yourself. Tim Ferriss
- The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Tara Brach (Radical Acceptance)
- Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Always try to keep in good humor with the world. Wellington
- For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation. Rainer Maria Rilke
- Virtue consists more in doing good than in receiving it, and more in doing fine actions than in refraining from disgraceful ones. Aristotle
- If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation. Lao Tzu
- How you love is how you live. Shane Parrish
- If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough. Mario Andretti
- Pick up the battle and make it a better world, just where you are. Yes… and it can be better, and it must be better, but it is up to us. Maya Angelou
- It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge
- Nothing leads to good that is not natural. Friedrich Schiller
- It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. Benjamin Franklin
- Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you. Tyrion Lannister (George R. R. Martin, Games of Thrones)
- Create beauty everywhere you go. Create meaning in everything you do. Create things that will last. You are here to create. Carlos Del Valle