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- Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.
- Evelyn Underhill
- Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- Bible, New Testament, I Thessalonians
- We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
- Francis Maitland Balfour
- We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.
- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
- We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
- Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
- Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
- Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
- Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
- 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 (1809 - 1865)
- It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.
- Latin Proverb
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