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Jim Collins on Good and Great

"Good is the enemy of great."

Lincoln on Good

"Whatever you are, be a good one."

Whistler on Good

"You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe."

Wolfgang von Goethe on Good

"If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much."

Whitman on Good-Fortune

"Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune."

Emerson on Asking Questions

"If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures."

"Good fortune shies away from gloom. Keep your spirits up. Good things will come to you and you will come to good things."

Robert on Good Days

"If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one."

Whitman on Battles

"Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won."

Wisdom Through Failure

"Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure."

Johnston on Complaining

"Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about."

Billings on Laughing

"Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot."

Requirements for Happiness

"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."

Rousseau on Happiness

"Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion."

Schweitzer on Happiness

"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."

Gandhi on a Good Idea

"I think it would be a good idea."

Your Own Terms

"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all."

Gandhi on Violence

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

Gandhi on Disagreement

"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress."

Good and Bad Novels

"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."

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