R. Kelly Quotes

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

If I could pass along anything that my mother or my sisters taught me, I feel like my kids would be very well off.

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

I loved my mother, she's a good girl.

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that.

I want to be a good human being.

As I'm getting older, I'm really learning unconditional love and loyalty are extremely important.

I remain patient because my mom taught me growing up to be grateful for everything.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

I'm a good person. I don't wish hateful things on people. I don't hate anybody. I know that I treat people right.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.

I consider myself a good person. And I think people perceive me to be, 'Oh, she's nice,' but being a good person, knowing your strengths and working towards those strengths, and encouraging those around you to do the same, that's a good person.

I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

I don't want to say everything happens for a reason but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

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.'