Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

It is really a wonder that I have not dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they will have good voice boxes in case there is ever anything really meaningful to say.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

In art the best is good enough.

You are only as good as your last haircut.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

And above all things, never think that you are not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We are saying that for America to get back on track, we are probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.