Welcome to Good Man Quotes, a curated collection of inspiring and thought-provoking quotes that celebrate the qualities and virtues of a good man. Throughout history, individuals have sought to define and embody the essence of goodness, and these quotes reflect the wisdom and insights of great minds who have explored the concept. Whether you’re looking for quotes to motivate and uplift yourself, to share with a friend, or to use as a source of inspiration for your own creative projects, you’ve come to the right place.
Below, you’ll find a diverse range of quotes that encapsulate the principles of integrity, kindness, compassion, and strength that define a good man. These quotes can be used in various ways, from personal reflection to social media posts or as a basis for creating visually appealing content with stylish fonts and imagery. Join us in celebrating the values that make a good man and let these quotes serve as reminders of the importance of goodness in our lives.
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man. Carroll O’Connor
It makes a big difference when men respect women. There are a lot of men who don’t, so that’s the main quality that would make a good man a great man. Stephanie Sigman
I wasn’t even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse. Michael Bergin
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Plato
Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals. Jimmy Carter
Working for President Nixon was the most extraordinary professional experience of my life. He was endlessly fascinating: brilliant, visionary, kind, generous, warm, funny – and yes, a good man. Monica Crowley
Sisters, if you got a good man, honor him. Mo’Nique
Of course it’s not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. George R. R. Martin
I did ‘How to Succeed in Business… ,’ ‘Kiss Me Kate,’ ‘Godspell,’ and ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ in high school, all of which were fun. Jonathan Groff
I believe Donald Trump is a good man. He did everything wrong as a candidate, and he won, and I don’t understand it. Other than I think God put him there. Franklin Graham
I can pick good food, but I can’t pick a good man. Debbie Reynolds
A good man with a good conscience doesn’t walk so fast. Georg Buchner
A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun. Samuel Richardson
I just want to be a good man. Ronan Keating
I was raised in the greatest of homes… just a really great dad, and I miss him so much… he was a good man, a real simple man… Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun. Max Lucado
It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all. Dixie Carter
You don’t have to dumb down – you just have to find a clever, good, secure man. I’ve found a couple – I’ve been lucky – but it’s probably hard for everybody to find that true love of a good man. Kimora Lee Simmons
Jimmy Carter is the most intelligent. Jimmy Carter is a good man. Sirio Maccioni
Mark Twain was very unhappy with himself for various reasons. He was very unhappy with America of this time. He thought it was terrible we had no anti-lynching laws, and he was also a feminist, and he was also very concerned with anti-Semitism. He was a good man, but he was hard on himself. Joyce Carol Oates
I love Russell Crowe’s line to Oliver Reed in ‘Gladiator’ where he asks him, ‘Are you in danger of becoming a good man?’ It’s one of my favorite lines ever. Jonathan Banks
I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, ‘I could do that.’ They said, ‘Oh yeah… we can always use a good man around here.’ James Rosenquist
Donald Trump is a good man, and he will make a great president of the United States of America. Mike Pence
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. Thomas Carlyle
If I was to say what I am, I’d be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he’s a good man. And in America I’d definitely be a Democrat; I’d never be a Republican. Elton John
We saw what happened in Jimmy Carter’s administration. President Carter was a good man with the best of intentions. But he came to Washington without a good working relationship with Democratic members of Congress, which played a big part in his administration’s problems. Jim Hunt
A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man. Antonin Scalia
It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well. George McGovern
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I’ve got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer. Johnny Cash
Chairman Hensarling is a good man who cares about America, and I respect him to the highest degree. Stephen Fincher
I don’t want to impose rules on people, but you have only a short window, and you’re sorely mistaken if you think you can put off having a family. It’s very hard to find a good man, and it’s never a ‘good time’ to have a baby if you have a career. Mika Brzezinski
A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it. Brigham Young
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. Alanis Morissette
I’m a good man, and I’m gonna become a better man. Chance The Rapper
Bragging just sounds good, man. The Weeknd
Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man? Mika Brzezinski
A good man should be on the PM’s chair. The country’s condition should improve. Only because of this I have supported Modi. You may call it a masterstroke or anything else. Raj Thackeray
In elementary school, I didn’t even play sports, I was just straight up on the juggling team. I started out with the floating scarves. Then I went to tennis balls and all that. Then by like the fourth grade I was doing the Chinese yo-yo. And I was good, man. I was like a master Chinese yo-yo person. I was top five Dead or Alive in South Carolina. A. J. Green
One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good – and fails. S. J. Rozan
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. William Butler Yeats
Derek Jeter used to come to me and try to tell you what Joe Torre is all about, he’s a good man, he’s this, he’s that, but like I tell Derek Jeter, that’s you. It’s one thing that they treat you a certain way; you don’t feel what other people feel. Gary Sheffield
Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That’s what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He’s a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life. Dave Grohl
Is Snowden a good man or a bad man? I have no clue and even less interest. John McAfee
Governor Perry taught me how to be a good man and to be a good husband. Not only does he have to take care of his own family, but the state of Texas. Marcus Luttrell
Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile. It can be the bringing of a child into the world and raising that child to be a good man or woman. Maryanne Trump Barry
I married a good man and a family that believes in commitment. Jaya Bachchan
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. Gilbert K. Chesterton
My god is all gods in one. When I see a beautiful sunset, I worship the god of Nature; when I see a hidden action brought to light, I worship the god of Truth; when I see a bad man punished and a good man go free, I worship the god of Justice; when I see a penitent forgiven, I worship the god of Mercy. Edna St. Vincent Millay
The good man is the friend of all living things. Mahatma Gandhi
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Abraham Lincoln
My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that’s my dad. And he was a very good man. Sidney Poitier
My dad is such a good man. You know how when you are a child you think your dad is invincible? Well, I still think that – he is so wise and everything I do I ask my dad’s advice about first. Leona Lewis
My grandfather was an amazing man. You talk about character and integrity, everyone who knew him, whether they agreed with him or not, said, ‘George Romney is a good man, and he sticks to his principles: a man of honesty and hard work, integrity.’ Tagg Romney
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. William James
Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can’t help feeling the guy’s a good man. Ralph Steadman
My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I’ve never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas. Don Rickles
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous. Graham Greene
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read. Ross Perot
Five million Jews are regarding me as a traitor, but six billion people around the world think me as a hero and a good man who bring the message to all the human beings that we should survive and prevent the use of nuclear weapons and to prevent the nuclear preparations and to prevent nuclear war in the future. Mordechai Vanunu
Looking back, I can see that the women I loved, at least early on, were status symbols. I suppose, in that sense, I was my mother’s true disciple. She’d taught me that a good man, though elusive, could transform one’s whole life once he was caught. Edmund White
Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed. Richard Jefferies
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. Euripides
The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions. Samuel Richardson
Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family. Dick Gephardt
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. Sophocles
My father used to say, ‘I want you to be a good man; I want you to learn how to work. And I want you to be a serious person.’ I grew up with that in my mind. Roberto Clemente
Usually you’re in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that’s unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he’s a good man. Dennis Farina
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too. Magic Johnson
My Dad was just a working man. He was a good man and he loved music. B. J. Thomas
Being a ‘good man’ is something you do, not something you are. Luvvie Ajayi
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man. Fyodor Dostoevsky
My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic. Danny Aiello
When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning. Gerrit Smith
Carlo Ancelotti is a good coach and a good man. I worked with him for just three months at Parma, before I left for Chelsea, although I had worked with him before with the national team. In my first game for the national team I played with him. Gianfranco Zola
Troy was a sweet, good man. We just were never destined to be married. We just didn’t have the same values. But I’m not bitter. He taught me how to laugh. Suzanne Pleshette
My dad is such a good man, hard-working. Kelly Reilly
War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. Sophocles
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. Maxim Gorky
My father was a successful real estate developer, and he was a very tough man but a good man. My father would always praise me. He always thought I was the smartest person. Donald Trump
When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken. Sheryl Sandberg
He’s just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wanted. John’s like that. He’s a very rare man, a very good man, and I’ve had a good life with him. I’m proud to be walking in the wake of Johnny’s fame. June Carter Cash
So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father, a good employee, a good boss, a good neighbour and a good citizen. A. A. Gill
And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood. John Sergeant Wise
For a man, there’s a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you’ve got a good productive man around it’s better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about. Rafe Spall
Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India. Lalu Prasad Yadav
I’m interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I’ve known him since 1980. He’s a good man. Gary Busey
I think I bring the songs that aren’t about me or related to me to life. It’s like the song ‘How Do I Let A Good Man Down?’ Let me tell you, I didn’t write that song – because if I have a good man, I ain’t going to let him down. Sharon Jones
Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins. Frank Dane
Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once. Horace Smith
I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other ‘gentleman’ stuff is a chess game, especially these days. Anna Kendrick
In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment. Florence Kelley
Kevin McCarthy is a good man. Jason Chaffetz
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. Sallust
You’re a good man, Charlie Brown. Charles M. Schulz
John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he’s a good man. Ken Mehlman
The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures. John Woolman
Trying to learn to be a good man is like learning to play tennis against a wall. You are only a good man – a competent, capable, interesting and lovable man – when you’re doing it for, or with, other people. A. A. Gill
Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad. Johann Kaspar Lavater
I’ve been a bad boy trying to be a good man my whole life. Jimmy Snuka