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He might not be a truly good man, but he was a rule follower, and he wasn't out to hurt or debase her. She — Zannie Adams

When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm. — Chinua Achebe

He went to the deuce for a woman. There must be good in a man who will do that. — William Makepeace Thackeray

Brookie was a good boy," she said, "but he did not grow up to be a good man. He had the fatal gift of making people believe him. — Alan Bradley

To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness. — James Cook

The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable. — Sophie Swetchine

Old but contented, the face of a man who had sipped life's vinegar and found it, by and large, to be mostly whiskey, and good whiskey at that. — Neil Gaiman

I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons. — Ryan Gosling

A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else. — John Lubbock

In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief. — John Barrymore

I gotta hand it to ya, Tristan. You may be a world-class fuckup with what you done to Lisa, but you got taste, man. You got good taste. — A. Violet End

I want to be a good creature for reasons beyond sharing a life with a good man. — Chris Adrian

They say a good man is worth fighting for. But a man who's good for YOU shouldn't make you fight just for the right to be in his life. — Kyra Davis

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. — William James

Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself. — Bliss Carman

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself. — Abraham Lincoln

Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Bertrand Russell would not have wished to be called a saint of any description; but he was a great and good man. — A.J. Ayer

'T is impious in a good man to be sad. — Edward Young

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be
a man. — Edward Abbey

I found that competition was supposed to be a menace and that a good manager circumvented his competitors by getting a monopoly by artificial means. — Henry Ford

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever. — Jesse Jackson

The best sentence a man can say to a woman is "I want to meet your parents" or "You will be a good mother one day". — Yuli Pritania

It's a very good feeling to be around a man who thinks women are juicy. — Lee Grant

I'm still a martial artist at heart. I believe in controlling yourself ... I think that's huge in life-to be a good man. — Cub Swanson

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. — Henry Ward Beecher

No self-respecting God would allow a good man to be happy for long. God has relevance only in the unhappiness of good people. — Anand Neelakantan

A truly good man is not aware of his goodness and is therefore good. A foolish man tries to be good and is therefore not good. — Wayne W. Dyer

I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not. — Emily VanCamp

To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well. — Henry Ward Beecher

I want to be a good man, a good writer."
"Be one or the other, Ernest, not both. — Naomi Wood

The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it. — George Horace Lorimer

I don't guarantee you to be a good man,
I promise you will be a better man — Unknown

A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make something of him. — Johann Peter Eckermann

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. — Samuel Johnson

The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her. — George Bernard Shaw

I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic. — Emma Watson

A man I respected very early in my career told me, 'If you wanna truly be good at this, you have to learn to hate.' — Triple H

Sand dan Glokta, shield to the helpless. Is it ever too late to be ... a good man? — Joe Abercrombie

Well, it would have to be "The Man Who Was Thursday." It's a damn good read that I believe should be read by everyone in politics. — Terry Pratchett

For it was easy to be good and kind in times of plenty. The trying times were the moments that defined a man. — Renee Ahdieh

Barack Obama makes me feel good to be a black man. — Snoop Dogg

You're a good man who happens to be a vampire. We aren't human, but that doesn't make us monsters. — Drew Hayes

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

If originally it was not good for a man to be alone, it is much worse for a sick man to be so; he thinks too much of his distemper, and magnifies it. — Lord Chesterfield

When a blind man says, 'God is good,' this should be an eye-opener to those who can see. — Anthony Liccione

The first step to be a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones someone else carrying. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A young man who doesn't have the foresight to seek out the girl he wants to be with and actively pursue her, doesn't deserve her. — Colleen Houck

I couldn't ignore the fact that it felt good. So. Very. Good. To be held, in bed, in the arms of a tall, strong, handsome man. — Kristen Ashley

Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man. — Aristotle.

'Tis better to be known as a good man than a great one, for greatness is an assessment of mortals; goodness a gift of God. — Spark Matsunaga

Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth; as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated. — William Penn

It wasn't awful to be a man's sex object if you wanted to be, if it made you feel good, if everyone was happy in the end. — Lacey Alexander

A man can appear to be a part of something not-so-good on its face, but don't take it upon yourself to judge him unless you know his motives as well. — Harper Lee

To be good is not enough; a man must be good for something — Henry Ford

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. — Robert A. Heinlein

A man likes to sleep with a brainy girl. She's a challenge. If he makes good with her, he figures he must be good himself. — Helen Gurley Brown

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that. — Javier Bardem

It took a special kind of madness to try to be a pirate and a good man at the same time. — Matt Myklusch

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. — Andrew Carnegie

My motivation in life was to be a good enough man for her, worthy of her awesomeness. — Jasinda Wilder

Even at her worst, she made me want to be a better man. To be good enough for the both of us. — Karina Halle

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man. — Diogenes Of Sinope

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

A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be. — Gregory David Roberts

If a man is unable to find the way to Jesus, he ought to be led. It is good work this bringing the blind to Him who alone can give them sight. — Henry Clay Trumbull

Anybody can be a believer; but anybody cannot be a good man! First, be good; then, in addition to this, be whatever you wish! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares. — Elbert Hubbard

A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far. — Fannie Hurst

There isn't a man on earth who doesn't at times pronounce an opinion on good and evil, even if it be only to find fault with somebody else. — Simone Weil

If a man has a right to be proud of anything, it is of a good action done as it ought to be, without any base interest lurking at the bottom of it. — Laurence Sterne

A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange! — Charles Dickens

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible. — George Herbert

But a man like that deserved to never be thought of again. Why couldn't he have just stayed buried? No good had come of this. — Sarah Addison Allen

My dear, be a good man be virtuous be religious be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here ... God bless you all. — Walter Scott

I am not a good man, shei'tani," he corrected. "I never have been. But for you I will strive to be better. — C.L. Wilson

If a good man can't sleep after hurting people,
then he should learn much more to be a leader. — Toba Beta

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good. — Josh Billings

The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him. — Thomas More

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. — Aristotle.

Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good man, though you may be a philosopher and a great one. — George Bernard Shaw

Beauty fades. But love? Love is a fire that needs sex to be burning strong. What good is a man who doesn't own a match to light your fire?" I — J.C. Reed

What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more: — William Shakespeare

It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer. — Francis Atterbury

A good-natured man has the whole world to be happy out of. — Alexander Pope

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman. — Peter Mayle

I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately. — F. Lee Bailey

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he's done, and that's as good as any man ever gets. — Orson Scott Card

I don't aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man. — C. G. Jung

More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. — Sean Connery

Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man? — Dennis Lehane

You came to me this morning
And you handled me like meat
You'd have to be a man to know
How good that feels, how sweet — Leonard Cohen

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

All good looks are a snare. They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in. — Oscar Wilde