Greater Good Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Greater Good

Greater Good Quotes & Sayings

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In many people, incidentally, the gift of having good friends is much greater than the gift of being a good friend. — Friedrich Nietzsche

One good, compassionate and caring Self is a thousand times greater than all the fanciful, imaginary supernatural entities in the world. — Abhijit Naskar

I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another. — Socrates

The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good. — Joe Kraus

There is something that you can do, for a greater good, for a greater cause, one that is far bigger than just yourself. Find it, and then, do it. — Kevin Abdulrahman

I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good. — James McGreevey

We all have our duties here. We all suffer. We all endure our setbacks for the greater good of mankind. — Markus Zusak

Every one has a level of influence that can be harnessed for greater good — Bernard Kelvin Clive

It was the oldest of tricks, to sow dissension between groups that had common interests. Good for deflecting attention from greater mischief, too. — N.K. Jemisin

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news - the Gospel of Jesus Christ. — Billy Graham

What good literature can do and does do - far greater than any importation of morality - is touch the human soul. — Karen Swallow Prior

That's how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own existence. — Chuck Palahniuk

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love. — Abigail Disney

Good and Evil are opposite points on a circle, Dr. Chiver. Greater good is just halfway back to Bad. — Sheri Holman

There were lies we told to save ourselves, and then there were lies we told to rescue others. What counted more, the mistruth, or the greater good? — Jodi Picoult

The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

If I gun down my boss in the carpark after work then he won't be able to terrorise all his other employees and the greater good will have been served. — Rushworth M Kidder

Perhaps we're not the greater good, but we are the lesser of evils. — Don Winslow

It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican or a good Democrat, — Gifford Pinchot

Where you stand on issues, how you live your life, and how much good you can do in the world are greater challenges than a lunar mission. — Al Worden

I authored the Universal National Service Act because I believe that everyone in America should contribute to the greater good of America. — Charles B. Rangel

Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. — Ben Jonson

Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God. — John Tillotson

Curiosity is good, but creativity is greater. — Lailah Gifty Akita

For the greater good." "That has been the excuse of tyrants throughout all time. — Brandon Sanderson

My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good. — Oprah Winfrey

As your understanding of life continues to grow, you can walk upon this planet safe and secure, always moving forward toward your greater good. — Louise Hay

Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart. — A Beautiful Mind Movie

Few of us can actually change the world. We can only change ourselves. But if enough people took that to heart, the world would change. — Tammara Webber

It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Living with and studying good paintings offers greater interest, variety and satisfaction than any other pleasure known to man. — Albert C. Barnes

Frequently we hold on so tightly to the good that we do know that we cannot receive the greater good that we do not know. — Richard J. Foster

I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. — John Cheever

To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity! — Pope Francis

What is the greater good but tyranny's chameleon? — Karen Marie Moning

I have always been motivated by a greater good. As a child, I was taught by my parents to be good and to do good at all times and in all ways! — James May

Of course killing people is 'wrong', but I think history shows that sometimes it serves the greater good. — Zach Braff

It's good to be with someone whom I can "understand" but it's greater to be with someone whom I can 'feel — Hiroko Sakai

As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life. — Joseph Prince

The only life you have the right to sacrifice for the greater good is your own. — Brent Weeks

Because, sometimes you've got to think about more than your own safety! Sometimes you've got to think about the greater good! This is war! — J.K. Rowling

Virtue is a greater good than honour; and one might perhaps accordingly suppose that virtue rather than honour is the end of the political life. — Aristotle.

There is no greater miracle than our conscious efforts to become good human beings. — Sri Chinmoy

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. — James E. Faust

Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good. — Rita Mae Brown

To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension. — Joan Didion

Each land in the world produces its own men individually bad - and, in time, other bad men who kill them for the greater good. — Emerson Hough

Defeat for good cause is greater than victory for the wrong cause. — Sipendr

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us. — Dorothea Dix

There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it is sickness, and that has often been a greater mercy to me than health. — Charles Spurgeon

The potential of greater good goes right along with the potential for greater evil. — Larry Wall

There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But — J.R.R. Tolkien

The apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. — William Shakespeare

We must let our every act be out of love, and for the greater good of all. — Bryant McGill

Desire is God tapping at the door of your mind, trying to give you greater good. — H. Emilie Cady

Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness. — Stanislaw Leszczynski

I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have inside yet to come out. — Jimmy Cliff

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country. — Joseph Addison

Since being diagnosed, I have done a greater good for society in eight years, than in my 37 years on earth. — O. J. Brigance

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity. — Marshall Field

We seize control FOR THE GREATER GOOD. — J.K. Rowling

There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings. — Sarah Moore Grimke

Leadership always benefits the greater good. — Mark Sanborn

Being good to people is always better than giving any sermon. Being kind & caring to others speaks much greater than any words can ever do. — Timothy Pina

In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the greater. — Aristotle.

Those who committed atrocities always seemed to do so out of a misconceived sense of righteousness and the greater good. — Terry Brooks

It would not be for the public good to have [a majority in Congress of one party] greater [than] two to one. — Thomas Jefferson

Of wisdom there are as many patterns as a loom can weave. Yours is the wisdom of good and kindly heart. Scarce it is and its worth all the greater. — Lloyd Alexander

For the greater good":
the phrase that always precedes
the greatest evil. — Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski

We can overcome evil with greater good. — Laura Bush

For higher-level execs with greater public visibility, social networks need to become as good at filtering as they are at connecting. — Danah Boyd

Dare to be among the greatest. Even if you did not get the best, you will be above the good. — Israelmore Ayivor

There is a greater war, Uhtred. Not the fight between Saxon and Dane, but between God and the devil, between good and evil! We are part of it! — Bernard Cornwell

Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It's in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down. — Hunter S. Thompson

A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil. — Baruch Spinoza

The country deserves us to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good. — Barack Obama

I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good. — Tracy Letts

Word inflation ... Bigger and better. Good greater greatest totally great. Hyperbolic and hyperbolicker. Like grade-inflation. — David Foster Wallace

The more government does, the greater chance that its efforts will be tilted toward a particular group's good, instead of the common good. — Joel Miller

Take a stand. Be disruptive for the greater good of your company. Make a difference to other's people's lives. — Timi Nadela

No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him. — Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Don't forget what people intend to use for harm, God can use for His greater good. Let offenses slide today, and watch how God works! — Alisa Hope Wagner

For me, dear reader, that place was purgatory incarnate; neither good nor bad, but a gateway to great rewards or even greater punishments. — Joss Sheldon

When you feel good about what youve written, there is just no high that is greater. — Cynthia Weil

How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself? — Ted Dekker

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. — Honore De Balzac

Good advice I always hated, but lookin back it made me greater. — Nicki Minaj

Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels. — Saint Augustine

To plan and talk is good but to plan and take action is even greater. — Euginia Herlihy

Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves — Lorna Goodison

I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes. — Peter Dinklage

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends? — Flora Thompson

He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold? — William Wycherley

By going with him, I would have simply imposed myself on him; I would have been a distraction. I helped him follow his heart and his greater good. — Kavita Kane

Unbridled truth often gets sacrificed on the altar of the greater good. — Robert J. Crane

You cannot perform acts of evil in the name of a greater good, because the good suffers. It is corrupted by what has been done in its name. — John Connolly

Every person who dedicates his or her life to something that belongs to the greater good is very meaningful. — Mariane Pearl