- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good Quotes
Quotes on what it means to be good.
This page rounds up quotes using 'good' in different senses - the simplicity behind good mathematical solutions, the self-importance that can come with good intellectual work, and a wry line about baseball being kinder after retirement. Related pages include Good Luck Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should not seek to tune out the realists' whines or taunts, as they may provide good instruction.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way.
- Drummer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before. My sister played it, and I know how to play it, but I'm not the best. Violin is kind of the same thing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still use a lot of good values from growing up in the Church, and there was a sense of community. But you were also being heavily judged by people that wanted to look down on you for not being as great as they are.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.
- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it's about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we've done - or failed to do - with our personal values.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that fiction is an excellent place for us to struggle with questions of good and evil, and humanity and inhumanity.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020