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In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought. — Thomas A Kempis

Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power. — Mary Wortley Montagu

I like the word 'underground' ... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time. — John Waters

It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths. — Thomas Carlyle

If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness. — Lee Iacocca

As exits go, that's a good one. It was pretty hard to have the last word with a vampire. — Charlaine Harris

As a leader, your word is only as good as your last promise kept or broken. — B.J. Gallagher

If a good word already exists, there is no need to invent something painful. — William Zinsser

Always" is a good word to believe in. — Susan Abulhawa

Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-by is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future. — John Steinbeck

A good book
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable
( from 'the luck of the word' ) — Charles Bukowski

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness. — Lee Iacocca

Love is an active word. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If a comic comes out on the scene and it's really knock-out brilliant, the community is pretty good about getting the word about good newcomers. — Scott McCloud

Tharn. It was a good word for a bad state of mind. — Stephen King

A trial was a stupid word, considering
that an attempt was never good enough: you were supposed to toe the line, period. — Jodi Picoult

A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker. — Robert Green Ingersoll

I will remember this word," he said. "Shenanigans. It is a good word. — John Flanagan

What? It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your way across the flow. — Patricia A. McKillip

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing. — Vera Farmiga

Fey ... a Scotch word ... It means the kind of exalted happiness that comes before disaster. You know
it's too good to be true. — Agatha Christie

A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. — William Hazlitt

I always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word. — Gloria Steinem

I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election. — Warren G. Harding

I'm not sure I have the words to describe that moment but if there's a word that means the exact opposite of "ladylike", that would be a good start. — Jenny Lawson

Yeah, you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye." And — J.K. Rowling

I think I'm a good dad. It's hard. Ultimately, it's our kids that have the final word. So we'll have to ask them. — Rivers Cuomo

Good-Bye is an easy word to say but try saying it to a friend. If I never knew you, I'd be safe, but half as real, never knowing I could feel. — Pocahontas

He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word. — Ron Atkinson

WE ARE STRUGGLING FOR A UNITING WORD BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE A UNITING MOVEMENT. — Emma Watson

If a man's word isn't any good, he's no good himself. — Wilson Rawls

Good's a pretty funny word. Never seems to have the same meaning to any two people" -T. Walker — Holly Schindler

Music is a means of spreading the good word and spreading positivity and productivity. Those things speak to me. — CeeLo Green

Sam's a - pardon my French - chicken-shit-paper-thin liar whose word is as good as a slaughterhouse bird promising golden eggs." If — Anne McAneny

No team is complete without a good technician, and the word for an incomplete team is usually fatality. — Mira Grant

Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. — Oliver Ellsworth

You are a good counter...

T-Man (......You used the F word 31 times.......) — Deyth Banger

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words. — Steve Martin

If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot. — Che Guevara

Sully: I never said good-bye
Giselle: Such a needless word when you love somebody — Mitch Albom

Doctor. The word for healer and wise man throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know?' River Song, A Good Man Goes to War — Cavan Scott

Hope was supposed to be a good thing, but it was starting to feel like every other four-letter word you're not supposed to say. — Elizabeth Scott

We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing. — Marvin Olasky

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go. — Brad Paisley

A word in earnest is as good as a speech. — Charles Dickens

In Classical Greek the word pathos was the same for both suffering and experience. Those Greeks knew a good joke when they heard one. — Peter Straub

As long as people believe in the written word and a good story.. They will believe in me. — Solange Nicole

We just got word that Virgin Airlines (which Branson owns) was awarded a commercial route into Shanghai. So the balloon must be doing some good. — Mike Kendrick

A word is a small song. — Larry Good

Solution - A method of fixing a problem or situation. Solution is a positive Netiquette Word. — David Chiles

The gospel is good news - a message to be proclaimed, a truth to be taught, a word to be spoken, and a story to be told. — Tim Chester

I suspected there would be a good-size crowd once the word got out about my hanging. — George W. Bush

A good ruler has to learn his world's language, and that's different for every world, the language you don't hear just with your ears. — Frank Herbert

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

Daughter-in-law is just a word. Call her anything you like. The hand of good fortune is not fussy about words. — Rohinton Mistry

A man isn't as good as his word, he's as good as his Actions. — James Miller

A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more. — Benjamin Whichcote

Nonrefundable. It was a good, solid word, one you couldn't chew, one that only dissolved after sucking slowly. — Shannon Hale

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. — John Tillotson

Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way. — Valerie June

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey. — Alan Rickman

Knowing Master Huckaback to be a man of his word, as well as one who would have others so, I was careful to be in good time the next morning ... — R.D. Blackmore

Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested. — George Horace Lorimer

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor. — Sarah Bernhardt

No. It's a simple word, Sebastian. Here, let me demonstrate. Simply open your mouth and say, no."
"Deuced good job!" Sebastian clapped. — Rachel Van Dyken

She needs to seem tough, and whatever Hillary's weaknesses, tough is a pretty good word to describe her. — John Podhoretz

The good thing about being on a show like 'Justified' is that you stick to the premise, but not necessarily every single word that's on the page. — Mykelti Williamson

A word to the wise isn't as good as a word from the wise. — Grenville Kleiser

Spread the word about good music. Don't just listen to what's on the radio. If you put in a little effort, you can find some truly wonderful stuff. — Nikka Costa

I always give money to a sidewalk con if the story is a good one, even if I don't believe a word of it. Art deserves to get paid. — Luc Sante

Everything you do that glorifies the name of the Lord and is according to the Word of God, is a good work for Him — Sunday Adelaja

The eyes receive the good Word and the heart is made glade. — T.A. Cline

a man's word must be as good as an oath sworn beneath the Light or it was no good at all. — Robert Jordan

The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better. — Charles Dickens

You trip over a word while carrying
a tray of vocabulary out to the pool
only to discover that broken glass
is a good topic. — Billy Collins

You never require a teacher to lead you into the wrong path, but you do require a kindly word to conduct you aright. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Creationists, the right-wing Christians, creationists believe every word Genesis says. I don't even think Phil Collins is a good drummer. — Jimmy Carr

No one can be a good Christian who does not with holy zeal set out to know, delight in, and live by the Word of God! — John R. Rice

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself. — Fanny Brice

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. — Solomon

Author' is just a fancy word for Schizophrenic people with good writing skills and cash. — Testy McTesterson

He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months? — Eva Braun

In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in good fortune the most troublesome of friends ... — William Makepeace Thackeray

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it. — Red Adair

explained Conway, "is a slang word meaning a lazy fellow, a good-for-nothing. — James Hilton

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie. — Andrew Stanton

But maybe there isn't a logic behind the word family. The truth is, it isn't always such a good word. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Pray you never face a good man, Vimes thought. He'll kill you with hardly a word. — Terry Pratchett

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed. — Annie Lennox

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. — Diane Wakoski

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war. — Golda Meir

When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound. — James Earl Jones

Many stop short of a divine encounter because they are satisfied with good theology. The word of God is to lead us to the God of the word. — Bill Johnson

I don't like the word "hero." There are no heroes in war. As soon as someone picks up a weapon, they can no longer be good. They won't be able to. — Svetlana Alexievich

It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today. — Charles R. Swindoll

It was a good word: progress. A safe word that you snuggled up against when you were nervous. The kind of word you took home to meet your parents. — Jason Mott

The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire. — Kiri Te Kanawa

I see a word that hates evil more than it loves good. — Martin Luther

I never said good-bye.'
'Such a needless word, she said, 'when you love somebody. — Mitch Albom