There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behoves all of us not to talk about the rest of us. Robert Louis Stevenson Wisdom
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates God Prayer
To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God. Anton Chekhov Success
God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again. Federico Fellini
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. Saint Augustine
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. William Butler Yeats
So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good. Milos Forman
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. Hermann Hesse Fortune
Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That's bad news - they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel. David Letterman
The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burdens of the past. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. Napoleon Bonaparte Ambition Passion
The good man is the teacher of the bad and the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, or greatly care for the material, is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery. Lao-Tzu Learning Mystery
It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter. Samuel Beckett