“Done is better than good.”

“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) English poet

“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“A good name is better than riches.”

Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright

“It is better to will the good than to know the truth.”

Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) Italian scholar and poet

“It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a tremendous cost.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

“A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.”

John Edensor Littlewood (1885–1977) English Mathematician

“It is better to be a good human being than to be a bad one. It is just naturally better.”

William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer

“There is no better feeling than the feeling that I have done something right. That feeling comes so rarely and is so fleeting that I can never really enjoy it. So in a way, it's not a good feeling at all.”

John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer

“Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …