Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.
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A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.
LORD JEFFERY Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one
LORD JEFFREY A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one.
FRANCIS JEFFERY A good name, like good will, is attained by many actions and may be lost by one.
A good name, like good will, is attained by many actions and may be lost by one.
ANONYMOUS That is the essence of the scriptures, and that is a good omen, by which one comes to chant the Name...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will st...
RAHM EMANUEL Reputations will continue to be made by many acts and be lost by one.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
NOW IS GOOD O servant Nanak, through the karma of good actions, the treasure of devotional worship and the Name ...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.
JOHN GAY Endeavour to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gr...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Endeavor to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gre...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If given an opportunity to head an establishment,resite this "A good name will last better for my fa...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If you have inherited a bad name from your parent,edit it,by becoming good,but if you are lucky to h...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Diamond & platinum are the obstacles that always stand in the way of a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Let us endeavor to have a good name,for in so doing we are sowing good seeds,that will one day be ha...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is a more bankable & valuable inheritance than diamond & platinum.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name will open doors that diamond & platinum dare not.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name can open ways for your great grand children.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is the only insurance we need against the monster called poverty.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The best inheritance a man can leave for his children is not diamond & platinum,but a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) All the riches in life are incomparable to a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Even if other things remains unspoken in your life,a good name will continually speak for you, even ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally lo...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one
PROVERB 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.
LAURENCE STERNE 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one
LAURENCE STERNE Good intentions are not good enough.......... ultimately we are measured by our actions.
SOURCE UNKNOWN It is a crisis of lost churches, lost funds and lost unity brought on by the actions of our national...
BOB THOMPSON You should lead and serve by example without a title because people will and should remember you by ...
GEORGE STAMATIS 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.
LAURENCE STERNE Immortality is a by-product of good work.
MEL BROOKS A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels o...
J. HAWES Life is beautiful mess...and I am tangled...though I am the spider but a stupid one. Cheap I am by n...
ANUM AFORZ By perfect good karma, you shall meet the True Guru, and then the Dear Lord, by His Sweet Will, shal...
GURU GOBIND SINGH A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.
CRYSTAL EASTMAN I loved Barbara and am deeply saddened by her passing. Barbara Bel Geddes will be missed by many, bu...
VICTORIA PRINCIPAL A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally lo...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally lo...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another sha...
BIBLE Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions tha...
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING As we reflect back on the season, I think we've had a good year. We lost so many seniors last year, ...
DONALD DUPREE The good life is one inspired by life and guided by knowledge.
BERTRAND RUSSELL The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
BERTRAND RUSSELL The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge
BERTRAND RUSSELL Press on eternally to the higher and larger realization of absolute goodness, and leave results to t...
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON It's a matter of improving. We have many good freshmen and by the time they are seniors, we will hav...
AMANDA HILL Pain Is Caused By Pleasure
SULLY ERNA Sean: My wife used to fart when she was nervous. She had all sorts of wonderful little idiosyncrasie...
GOOD WILL HUNTING Will Hunting: Does this break the patient-doctor code?Sean Maguire: Only if you grab my ass.
GOOD WILL HUNTING Read 'People's History of the United States', that book will f***-n blow your mind,
GOOD WILL HUNTING [ordering drinks]
Lambeau: Perrier.
Sean: That's French for "club soda."
GOOD WILL HUNTING They don't find teachers who believe in them. They get convinced they are stupid.
GOOD WILL HUNTING Will (Voice over): Sean, if the professor calls about that job tell him sorry, but I had to go and s...
GOOD WILL HUNTING
Will Hunting: Does this break the patient-doctor code?
Sean Maguire: Only if you grab my as...
GOOD WILL HUNTING Will: I didn't ask for this.
Sean: No, you were born with it. So don't cop out behind 'I didn't...
GOOD WILL HUNTING Sean: My wife used to fart when she was nervous. She had all sorts of wonderful little idiosyncrasie...
GOOD WILL HUNTING Chuckie: Oh, I don't know that. Let me tell you what I do know. Every day I come by to pick you up. ...
GOOD WILL HUNTING Sean: Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.
GOOD WILL HUNTING That shows that when we've lost, we've lost by quite a few. It's good, though, because there are alw...
AARON GAGNON As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and ...
JOHN DONNE In order to do good, a man must be good; and he will not be good except he have instruction by couns...
DOROTHEA DIX Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training.
SUZI QUATRO We are just two lost souls looking for someone to love and understand us for who we really are at th...
KAREN KOSTYLA We made up our minds that we were too good to be doing this. This is different in that we've lost by...
BHAWOH JUE One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present it...
JOSé RIZAL One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present it...
JOSE RIZAL Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.
OVID I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
JOE DIMAGGIO When holiness is achieved by conforming to God's will, one knows intuitively that which is wrong...
JAMES E. FAUST Kyle's a smart lawyer and he'll be a quick study ... The one quality that is most in demand in the j...
DAVID JORDAN It sounds like a lot more words that are not backed by any actions. We would encourage them to take ...
SEAN MCCORMACK A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy re...
ST. BASIL A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy re...
SAINT BASIL People who have worked for Mr. DeLay become, like other senior Republican staffers, members in good ...
ANDREW SHORE I have none other than You, O Lord. In the Guru's Sanctuary, the Lord is found, O my merchant friend...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB I am glad that though someone did me grossly wrong my final mark on this world is not one of counter...
SHERRILYN KENYON Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
OVID Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN This is a very good move by the mayor and one that, as chair of the committee, I will certainly be s...
ERIC GARCETTI Your Karma is defined by your Actions plus your Intent. A seemingly incorrect action with a pure int...
MANOJ ARORA All actions begin as thoughts. Choose your thoughts carefully, and your actions will be good.
JIM GENOVESE Many a good newspaper story has been ruined by over verification
JAMES GORDON BENNETT Many a good newspaper story has been ruined by over verification.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, con...
JAY E. ADAMS One of a parent’s most important tasks is teaching their children how to communicate effectively a...
BY FAMOUS Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.
BY ALEFLETCHER I'm upset that we lost, but I thought it was a great year. We got beat by a good team that played gr...
LADY COMFORT It was a good game. They were a good team. They only lost to Colfax by three, so we knew they were t...
JEFF BICKMORE By singing the Guru's hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord's glory. Nanak, by praising the...
GURU NANAK Man's inhumanity to man is not only perpetrated by the vitriolic actions of those who are bad. It is...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Remember how the Waltons used to say good night at the end of the show? There were so many of us tha...
WILLIAM DALTON It will be good, ... I've got a chance to ride a good filly (Indian Vale) and be able to encourage p...
ANGEL JR. It will be good. I've got a chance to ride a good filly (Indian Vale) and be able to encourage peopl...
ANGEL JR It will be good, ... I've got a chance to ride a good filly (Indian Vale) and be able to encourage p...
ANGEL CORDERO, JR. It will be good, ... I've got a chance to ride a good filly (Indian Vale) and be able to encourage p...
ANGEL CORDERO JR. It will be good. I've got a chance to ride a good filly (Indian Vale) and be able to encourage peopl...
ANGEL CORDERO JR A man who does something bad will be judged by men and by God. A man who does something good will be...
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WALTER LORD Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
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LORD HAILSHAM Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
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LORD LONGFORD God help the patient.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD Win hearts, and you have hands and purses.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD You must look into people, as well as at them.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
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LORD MELBOURNE Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD History is but a confused heap of facts.
LORD CHESTERFIELD The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
LORD MELBOURNE Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.
LORD NELSON I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.
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LORD CHESTERFIELD The pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Autobiography is now as common as adultery, and hardly less reprehensible.
LORD ALTRINCHAM Hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
LORD BYRON Hatred is the madness of the heart.
LORD BYRON Dreams have their place in managerial activity, but they need to be kept severely under control.
LORD WEINSTOCK Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sobe...
LORD CHESTERFIELD It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
LORD BYRON The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security e...
LORD ACTON Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doi...
LORD ACTON A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
LORD CHESTERFIELD He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all th...
LORD BYRON I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
LORD BYRON Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
LORD CHESTERFIELD