“The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.”
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“It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.”
“We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.”
“Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.”
“I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.”
“I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.”
“I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.”
“Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.”
“A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.”
“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.”
“What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.”
“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.”
“As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.”
“The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.”
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”
“It's good to experience Hollywood in short bursts, I guess. Little snippets. I don't think I can handle being here all the time, it's pretty nutty.”
“If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.”
“I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.”
“To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.”
“Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.”
“There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.”
“God never made a promise that was too good to be true.”
“A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.”
“Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.”