Top 100 Sometimes Good Things Happen Quotes
#1. In business as in life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But over time, if you play long enough, everybody gets what he deserves.. good and bad.
Jeffrey R. Immelt
#2. Life is messy and the universe has an awful lot of people to keep track of. Sometimes things get screwed up. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Sometimes good things happen to bad people.
That isn't fair.
Bad things should happen to bad people.
And they will. They will.
Amy Zhang
#3. When you convert a good book to a film. stupid things happen
Jesse Andrews
#4. I think you can make good things happen if you look for them. Life is a very positive thing.
Chris Gethard
#5. Lesson learned: bad things happen to good people.
Amy Zhang
#6. I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people.
Guy Gavriel Kay
#7. The basis lies in the idea that if you're kind to others, good things will happen to you.
Max Gray
#8. If you work hard, good things will happen. I will never be in a situation where if I fail I can look back and say, 'If I'd only worked harder.'
Travis Hafner
#9. There's a lot of room to grow, and the women who believe they're worth it are the ones who are going to make good things happen during the next period of WNBA growth.
Sue Wicks
#10. When each day is the same as the nest it's because people fail to reconize the good things that happen in thier lives everyday the sunrises,
Paulo Coelho
#11. And sometimes in life, I imagine, good things do happen. Most of the time, it's the opposite, obviously. But I don't think you should rule out the possibility that just occasionally chance might deal you a good card.
Sebastian Faulks
#12. Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that moment in a film, but your craft isn't structured around such things, except in beer commercials.
Gordon Willis
#13. Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It's not fair but then much of life isn't fair. It's how you live that matters. It's how you deal with the bumps in the road.
Maya Banks
#14. Mace, you never read Smoky the Cowhorse,did you?
No.
Well,ol' Smoky, he had somebad things happen to him,had the heart knocked clean out of him.But he hung on and came out of it okay.I've been bashed up pretty good,Mason, but I'm going to make it.
S.E. Hinton
#15. We were created to be full. When we're not filled with the good things Christ came to bring us, we will grasp at anything as a substitute. An unsatisfied soul is an accident waiting to happen.
Beth Moore
#16. We've had too much death and disappointment, so we don't know how to accept the good things when they happen to us.
Cora Carmack
#17. Start before you're ready. Good things happen when we start before we're ready.
Steven Pressfield
#18. I don't know why we're not interested in seeing good people. I think we like seeing good people, but only if bad things happen to them. Which is weird, isn't it?
James McAvoy
#19. But horrible things happen alongside wonderful things all the time. And if you let the horrible things detract from the wonder of the good things, you'll never really feel true happiness.
Leta Blake
#20. I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.
Young Jeezy
#21. Bad things sometimes happen to good people; the key to happiness is try to make the best of, and be thankful for the hand we're dealt
Colleen Houck
#22. And when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises. I
Paulo Coelho
#23. Fantasy is an area where it is possible to talk about right and wrong, good and evil, with a straight face. In mainstream fiction and even in a good deal of mystery, these things are presented as simply two sides of the same coin. Never really more than a matter of where you happen to be standing.
Robert Jordan
#24. Yes, things happen for a reason, just not any good reason. (from Crystal Ships, publication pending)
Richard G. Sharp
#25. Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.
Keke Palmer
#26. Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
Deep Roy
#27. Good things don't happen to the child of God; the child of God brings forth good things out of him.
Chris Oyakhilome
#28. I've learned that many of the worst things lead to the best things, that no great thing is achieved without a couple of bad, bad things on the way to them, and that the bad things that happen to you bring, in some cases, the good things.
Mike Nichols
#29. This is a book about lost faith and blaming God when He allows bad things to happen to good people. But, it is also about the wounds we carry around with us when we fail to make a diiference when a difference was needed, whether real or perceived. But there is hope for us all! We are NOT alone!
Norman Whaler
#30. When you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself.
Emily Yoffe
#31. The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.
John Gerzema
#32. Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.
Nicholas Sparks
#33. THE PROBLEM OF GOOD: WHY UNCONDITIONALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO UNCONDITIONALLY BAD PEOPLE
(SEE GOD)
Jonathan Safran Foer
#34. we love the way Jesus loves, good things will happen all in good time; if we try to force God's hand, we will only wind up with a lot of frustration and disappointment.
Bill Searcey
#35. Sometimes bad things happen when you try to do something good.
Diana Peterfreund
#36. The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don't wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
Barack Obama
#37. Don't wait for good things to happen. Do whatever you can, wherever, and however. You will be surprised when good things follow.
Sohail Mahmood
#38. I'm not a career filmmaker. I just like to do things that I still kind of believe in and because of that you just never know what's going to happen next. It doesn't matter if it's been a good year or a bad year: next year, there's no telling what it will be like.
Peter Mullan
#40. Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.
Paulo Coelho
#41. Power Thought: I expect good things to happen in my life today.
Joyce Meyer
#42. Life is simple. Make good decisions and good things happen. Make bad decisions and bad things happen.
Dick Vitale
#43. If the music is good, and if it makes sense as a strong structure and as a drama, and things happen as a result of what happened before, not just as a string of unrelated events, then the question doesn't come up.
Missy Mazzoli
#44. ... what kind of life do we live if we let fear break us down? The truth is there will be tough times, we've certainly been through them before; but good things happen everyday. Great things. We just have to open our eyes and see them.
Christene Houston
#45. Good things don't happen very fast. They need to build, little by little, over a long period of time.
Tassa Desalada
#46. You begin by always expecting good things to happen.
Tom Hopkins
#47. Both religiousness and lawlessness share the same problems: overconfidence and unrighteousness. "Why do bad things happen to good people?" we might ask - the very question that betrays our misplaced assumption that we somehow deserve a good life.
Tim Chaddick
#48. Good things you have to make happen. Bad things happen all by themselves.
Oliver Gaspirtz
#49. Success, happiness, peace of mind and fulfillment - the most priceless of human treasures - are available to all among us, without exception, who make things happen - who make "good" things happen - in the world around them. Joe Klock
Deena B. Chopra
#50. I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad people on a fairly regular basis.
Chuck Lorre
#51. A director is a man, therefore he has ideas; he is also an artist, therefore he has imagination. Whether they are good or bad, it seems to me that I have an abundance of stories to tell. And the things I see, the things that happen to me, continually renew the supply.
Michelangelo Antonioni
#52. Breath is the power behind all things ... I breathe in and know that good things will happen.
Tao Porchon-Lynch
#53. Maybe bad things happen because it's the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look lie.
Jodi Picoult
#54. The difference is that raving fans, unlike satisfied customers, become part of your sales force. They tell friends, family and co-workers about your services and your products. And, of course, good things will happen!
Mac Anderson
#56. Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.
Aaron Swartz
#57. I just am a believer ... that there are some things that happen for a reason ... We may not be able to really discern it now ... [but] given the perspective of time, I think we're going to be able to look back at this, and what seemed really bad at the time may turn out to be really good.
Eric Cantor
#58. In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.
John Hench
#59. I don't believe things happen by accident. I think that everything that comes into our life, even the really hard things, are intended for good. That they can shape us positively if we'll embrace them and remain teachable and purpose to use that almost like fertilizer to grow out of the experience.
Michael Hyatt
#60. If you want good things to happen in your life you first have to believe good things are possible for yourself. Quit allowing negative and cynical thinking to get in the way of the good life you deserve.
Bryant H. McGill
#61. I don't believe there's a reason for everything, and having faith doesn't mean I'm blind. I believe people make poor choices. I believe bad things happen to good people. I believe there's evil in the word that I will never understand, but will never stop fighting.
Tammara Webber
#63. Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn't expect good things to happen overnight. Actually, getting something too easily or too soon can cheapen the outcome.
John Wooden
#64. That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities; for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.
Sallust
#65. What would happen if you stopped fighting, and gave yourself permission to feel? Not just the good things, but everything?
R. J. Anderson
#66. I never regret things. It's a really dangerous thing to say, but for anyone involved in the arts, the bad things that happen make for good material. It's not a comfortable truth, but it is true.
Antony Sher
#67. In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people. Romance is still something we can find even if we're not consciously looking for it.
Kathleen Quinlan
#68. Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me.
Curtis Jackson
#69. The bad, icky and stinky things that happen sometimes should never be allowed to have an adverse effect over the good, lovely and beautiful things happening everyday.
Azhar Ali
#70. As for life therefore, and death, honour and dishonour, labour and pleasure, riches and poverty, all these things happen unto men indeed, both good and bad, equally; but as things which of themselves are neither good nor bad; because of themselves, neither shameful nor praiseworthy.
Marcus Aurelius
#71. I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.
Benazir Bhutto
#72. Am I doing anything? I do it with reference to the good of mankind. Does anything happen to me? I receive it and refer it to the gods, and the source of all things, from which all that happens is derived.
Marcus Aurelius
#73. Please, I want so badly for the good things to happen.
Sylvia Plath
#74. There's good and bad in every arena. It's funny, some people, the reason they're in the underground is because they're lazy and don't make things happen for themselves.
Shepard Fairey
#75. The hard truth is, the life thing moments happen. They are the details, the surprises, the every now and again "dang it" moments that are necessary for you to be able to appreciate good times and accomplish greater things.
Jaha Knight
#76. Life is unfair, princess. Bad things happen to good people. Lady Luck is a motherfucking bitch. But we keep our chins up. We don't give up. We don't surrender. And we come back swinging.
Elle Aycart
#77. Personally I believe sometimes ugly things happen to good people and sometimes good people do awful things.
Scott Parker
#78. In life, we don't know why things happen. I believe God is not responsible for the bad things that happen to you. Sometimes I think He's responsible for the good things, but sometimes it's something you shape up for yourself.
Buck Brannaman
#79. But if we don't have faith that he can feel better, even get better, then how is he supposed to keep the faith that good things might happen? Nathan
Jojo Moyes
#80. If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen.
Ryne Sandberg
#81. Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind
vividly, forcefully ...
Samuel R. Delany
#82. Motherhood has never been an ambition. I don't think like that. I never have expectations like, 'When I'm 19 I'm going to do this, and by the time I've hit 25 I'm going to do that'. I just take things as they come, each day at a time, and if things happen then all well and good.
Renee Zellweger
#83. god lets bad things happen to good people to test their faith, but the goddess knows the faithful and knows that bad things only make people stronger. and there's nothing wrong with stronger.
Jennifer Dimarco
#84. When you're excited, Brooks explained, "it primes an opportunity mindset, so you think of all of the good things that can happen. You're more likely to make decisions and take actions that will make [good results] likely to occur."16
Amy Cuddy
#85. The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things.
Jenny Colgan
#86. But I believe good things happen everyday. I believe good things happen even when bad things happen. And I believe on a happy day like today, we can still feel a little sad. And that's life, isn't it?
Gabrielle Zevin
#87. No matter how bad things get, eventually the sun is going to shine. If you just keep at it, pursuing your goals, eventually good things happen to decent people. For a person who is set on his goals, good things will happen. Everyone deals with adversity, it's how you bounce back from it.
Daniel Cormier
#88. Good things happen to good people.
Jojo Moyes
#89. Good things could happen to not so bad people.
Mike Gayle
#90. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. We don't know the meaning of all things, but we know God loves His children! And because He loves us, He will never desert us.
John Bytheway
#91. You need to say and do the right things and good things happen to good people.
David Ragan
#93. When great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to us, and Providence has in fact so established the order of things, as that most evils are the means of producing some good.
Thomas Jefferson
#94. Sometimes things happen. Things happen even when you don't intend them to happen. Maybe at the beginning you had good intentions, or intentions you thought were harmlessm but before you knew it things got out of your control.
Dana Reinhardt
#95. In a life, in any life, bad things happen. Many good things happen, of course, we know what they are-joy, tenderness, success beauty-but some bad things happen as well. Sometimes, very bad things happen. Children sicken and die. People we love don't love us, can never love us.
Robert Goolrick
#96. I tend to take on a lot of things. And then they all just seem to happen at once. Or maybe I'm not good at saying 'No'. But the juggling's fun.
Joel Edgerton
#97. That's what's so striking about the title of Kushner's book: When Bad Things Happen to Good People. How is that fair?
Well, the answer to that is that there are no good people.
Peter Kreeft
#98. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: WHY UNCONDITIONALLY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO UNCONDITIONALLY GOOD PEOPLE
They never do.
Jonathan Safran Foer
#99. I know that good things will happen for me if I keep working hard.
Michael Redd
#100. Gratitude is not only a response to God in good times - it's ultimately the very will of God in hard times. Gratitude isn't only a celebration when good things happen. It's a declaration that God is good no matter what happens.
Ann Voskamp
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