“A bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse.”
Anna Sewell book Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1877), Ch. VII, p. 36
“A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.”
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Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BCRelated quotes
“When the good man yields his breath
(For the good man never dies).”
James Montgomery (1771–1854) British editor, hymn writer, and poet
The Wanderer of Switzerland, Part v. Compare: "Say not that the good die" (translated from original Greek), Callimachus, Epigram x.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
Of Anger.
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“A good man never fights with a woman.”
Gao Xingjian (1940) Chinese novelist and playwright
Source: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather (2005), p. 103
“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.”
Book III, 1276b.34
Politics
“How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will!”
Winston S. Churchill book The Second World War
The Second World War, Volume I : The Gathering Storm (1948) Chapter 17 (The Tragedy of Munich), p .287 http://books.google.de/books?id=HzlT3t05OHoC&pg=PA287&dq=churchill+the+gathering+storm+have+been+averted+by+patience+and+persisting+good+will!&hl=de&sa=X&ei=1355T-39C4jHsgb0t-mWBA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false <br class="br">Post-war years (1945–1955) <br class="br">Context: Those who are prone, by temperament and character, to seek sharp and clear-cut solutions of difficult and obscure problems, who are ready to fight whenever some challenge comes from a foreign power, have not always been right. On the other hand, those whose inclination is to bow their heads, to seek patiently and faithfully for peaceful compromise, are not always wrong. On the contrary, in the majority of instances they may be right, not only morally, but from a practical standpoint. How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will! Religion and virtue alike lend their sanctions to meekness and humility, not only between men but between nations. How many wars have been precipitated by firebrands! How many misunderstandings which led to wars could have been removed by temporizing! How often have countries fought cruel wars and then after a few years found themselves not only friends but allies!
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher
Light, Power and Wisdom (1959), p. 6; note that the short phrase "Be good, do good" had occurred in spiritual teachings of others in the 19th century, usually in conjunction with other injunctions. "Be Good, Do Good" became a prominent motto of the Divine Life Society.
Light, Power and Wisdom (1959), p. 207
Variant: Be good, do good, be kind, be compassionate.
