On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.
All of us want to be better. Human nature is always seeking advancement.
Be not simply good - be good for something.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
Good people don't spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad people spend all their time being bad. It is all they think about.
I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.
But we are not in the world to be good but to change it.