Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

Better is the enemy of good.

When I'm good I'm very very good but when I'm bad I'm better.

As individuals people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading I must finish by acting.

Love sought is good but given unsought is better.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts the better will be his world and the world at large.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.