History Quotes / BeingGoodSucks

-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall Divided We Fall]]"

'''Franchise/{{Superman}}:''' No. Most of the time, it comes to us.\\

-->--'''Franchise/SpiderMan''', ''Fanfic/FireDarkMark''

-->-- '''Website bio''' for '''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn''', ''VideoGame/{{MultiVersus}}''

-->--[[http://www.biblestudytools.com/job/ Commentary]] on the [[Literature/TheBible Book of Job]]'s social context

-->--'''Creator/ChretienDeTroyes''', ''[[Myth/ArthurianLegend Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart]]''

-->--'''Creator/ChretienDeTroyes''', ''[[Myth/KingArthur Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart]]''

-->--'''Franchise/SpiderMan''', ''Fanfic/{{FIRE}}''

-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', "Divided We Fall"

->''"If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that ''needs'' no heroes. But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust, and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice, and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all... why then perhaps we ''must'' stand fast a little- even at the risk of being heroes."''

->'''Chandler:''' You know, Richard, you [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy are a good guy.]]\\

-->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One with the Proposal: Part 2"

->''The king knew with certainty that the knight who had crossed the bridge was far better than any other, for no one who harboured Cowardice within himself, which shames those who have it more than Nobility brings them honour, would dare to cross. Nobility cannot accomplish as much as Cowardice and Sloth, for it is the truth - and never doubt it - that evil can be more easily done than good.''

'''Clark Kent:''' It seems that way sometimes, doesn't it? But that's because good is hard. [[EvilIsEasy Bad is always easy.]]

->''Wish I'd never met you, [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor.]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath I was much better off as a coward.]]''
-->--'''Jack Harkness''' as he kisses '''the Doctor''' goodbye, "The Parting of the Ways"

->''I believe there's a hero in all of us...that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the things we want the most. Even our dreams.''

->''You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah, blah, blah, attaboy. You get divorced. Your wife can't remember your last name. Your kids don't want to talk to you. You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me, kid, nobody wants to be that guy.''

->''Conscience do cost.''

->''[[LargeHam THE BURDEN OF HOSPITALITY IS TOO GREAT FOR]] [[ThirdPersonPerson ROLF]]!''

->''I am quite certain that there are people who do '''not''' repent of their good deeds when the return they get for them is treachery and ingratitude. I think that these few ought to be in Heaven; they are in the way here.''
-->--Creator/MarkTwain, "Something About Repentance"

->''So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's embrace of abolition that it got him shot in the head. So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson's embrace of civil rights that it fractured the Democratic Party. So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant's defense of black civil rights and war upon the Klan, that American historians spent the better part of a century destroying his reputation. So "divisive" was [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Martin Luther King Jr]]. that his own government bugged him, harassed him, and demonized him until he was dead.''
-->--'''Creator/TaNehisiCoates''' [[http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/bernie-sanders-liberal-imagination/425022/ Bernie Sanders' Liberal Imagination]]'''

->''I wanted him to reawaken the evil in my heart. I wanted him to return me to the way I was before! I was the perfect warrior, cold and ruthless. I lived by my strength alone, uninhibited by foolish emotion.... but slowly, over the years, I became one of you, my quest for greatness gradually giving way to this life of mediocrity. I awoke one day to find I had settled down, formed a family, I had even grown quite fond of them. Would you believe... I almost started to think the Earth was a nice place to live. You understand now, Kakarot? That's why I needed Babidi, to set me free. By releasing the evil in my heart, he has freed me of these petty attachments... and I have to say it feels pretty good.''
-->--'''Vegeta''', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' to '''Goku (Kakarot)'''

->''Simple logic then dictated the conclusion: [[LaserGuidedKarma Every person's suffering is indicative of the measure of their guilt in the eyes of God.]] In the abstract, this conclusion appeared inescapable, logically imperative and theologically satisfying. \\
But what thus appeared to be theologically self-evident and unassailable in the abstract was often in radical tension with actual human experience. There were those whose godliness was genuine, whose moral character was upright and who had kept themselves from great transgression, but who nonetheless were made to suffer bitterly (see, e.g., Ps 73). For these the self-evident theology brought no consolation and offered no guidance.''

->''It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind''
-->--Music/TheSmiths, "I Know It's Over"

-->-- '''The Twelfth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

-->-- '''The Twelfth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

-->-- '''Never Existed''', ''Music/{{Keldian}}''

->''"You are an honest and honorable man, Lord Eddard. Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life." He glanced around the cell. "When I see what honesty and honor have won you, I understand why."''
-->-- '''Varys''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''

-->-- '''Creator/KurtVonnegut''', ''God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater''

->''No, he's never met a nice South African''\\

-->-- '''A bunch of racist Afrikaners''', ''Series/SpittingImage'', "I've Never Met a Nice South African" (for context, Breytenbach, an opponent of [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra apartheid]], was exiled for [[MalignedMixedMarriage marrying a non-white woman]] and arrested on a clandestine trip to South Africa on this charge [[KangarooCourt and a bunch of other bullshit charges]])

->''It's not that he doesn't like the Avengers anymore; He still does... And it's not that he won't do the right thing-- the heroic thing-- if it falls to him again. He just won't look forward to it anymore. That's all.''
-->-- '''Hubbie Green''', ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' Annual #19

-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''

-->-- ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''

->"Empathy." I wouldn't want to live without it, but it often gives you the shit end of the stick, doesn't it?

->'''Green Lantern:''' "Your city needs you, friend Batman. Your great brain, your deductive skills, you have demonstrated them quite—"\\
'''Batman:''' "To hell with that! You're not from this world, Lantern. You don't know. The Batman line is based on vengeance. They make another Superman when the one doing the job decides to pass on the franchise. They make another Batman, all too many times, when somebody dies. I don't want that choice for my son, or his son, or any that come after. This is it. Our debt to Gotham, our debt to Thomas and Martha Wayne, our debt to my family...they're all...they're all paid. The Batman is just blood and death and pain. We don't fly among the eagles, soaring to the sun. We're down in the gutters, picking through the corpses for clues. We can't bounce blasters off our chests. All we've got is two fists and fear on our side. It's not a legacy, boys. It's a curse. The curse ends with me."
-->-- ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation''

->''Cap became an Avenger in short order. If there's anybody that symbolized the good in America more than him, I've never met him. But there was something else about him. Two things, actually.\\

Second, he really had a burden on his shoulders with the American symbol thing. Literally, Cap was unable to accept himself messing up. Because if Captain America was seen screwing up, doing anything badly, blowing a mission, it would almost be seen as America screwing up...that's not the way I thought, but it was the way Cap saw it. So he held himself to impossible standards. And he almost always met them. Almost. He was the best man to have on your side at any time. But I never envied him. Not a single day.''
-->-- '''Spider-Man''', ''Fanfic/{{FIRE}}''

->What does it mean to wield the Sands of Time? To be the Chosen One? ''[[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne It means making choices that break your heart]]''.

->''Throwing these snowballs would give me immediate and certain pleasure. Refraining from throwing these snowballs in the hope of being rewarded at Christmas is delayed and uncertain pleasure. [''{{beat}}''] As usual, goodness hardly puts up a fight.''

-->-- '''Wildcat''', ''ComicBook/BatgirlYearOne''

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''', [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ZEmaJ47co Topic of the Week || A Plague of Moral Convenience]]

-->-- '''Alice Healy''', ''[[Literature/InCryptid Midnight Blue-Light Special]]''

-->-- '''Sarah Zellaby''', ''[[Literature/InCryptid Calculated Risks]]''

->''Is this what we get for saving the world!?''

->''It's not that he doesn't like the Avengers anymore; He still does... And it's not that he won't do the right thing-- the heroic thing-- if it falls to him again. He just won't look forward to it anymore. That's all.

->Cap became an Avenger in short order. If there's anybody that symbolized the good in America more than him, I've never met him. But there was something else about him. Two things, actually.\\

Second, he really had a burden on his shoulders with the American symbol thing. Literally, Cap was unable to accept himself messing up. Because if Captain America was seen screwing up, doing anything badly, blowing a mission, it would almost be seen as America screwing up...that's not the way I thought, but it was the way Cap saw it. So he held himself to impossible standards. And he almost always met them. Almost. He was the best man to have on your side at any time. But I never envied him. Not a single day.

->Throwing these snowballs would give me immediate and certain pleasure. Refraining from throwing these snowballs in the hope of being rewarded at Christmas is delayed and uncertain pleasure. [''{{beat}}''] As usual, goodness hardly puts up a fight.

->Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.

->"This life ain't for you, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Green-Eyes]]. Everybody hates ya, you got no life of yer own, and ya could end up arthritic and crippled."

-> "The myth that is destroying our generation is that it's "easy" to do good. It's "easy" to be good. And that it's "easy" to be consistent in character. It's NOT easy, and the fact that it's not is something that must be appreciated."

-->--''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter'', [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ZEmaJ47co Topic of the Week || A Plague of Moral Convenience]]

->''I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do ... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do!''
-->--''Literature/CitizenOfTheGalaxy''

->''So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln’s embrace of abolition that it got him shot in the head. So “divisive” was UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson’s embrace of civil rights that it fractured the Democratic Party. So “divisive” was UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant’s defense of black civil rights and war upon the Klan, that American historians spent the better part of a century destroying his reputation. So “divisive” was [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Martin Luther King Jr]]. that his own government bugged him, harassed him, and demonized him until he was dead.''

->"That small heroism had to count for something. I wanted it to so badly I ''ached'' for it."
-->--'''Weaver''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

But what thus appeared to be theologically self-evident and unassailable in the abstract was often in radical tension with [[RealityEnsues actual human experience]]. There were those whose godliness was genuine, whose moral character was upright and who had kept themselves from great transgression, but who nonetheless were made to suffer bitterly (see, e.g., Ps 73). For these the self-evident theology brought no consolation and offered no guidance.''

->'''Groterix''': "Empathy." I wouldn't want to live without it, but it often gives you the shit end of the stick, doesn't it?
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Spacetrawler}}''

--> ''Series/{{Smallville}}''

-->''Webcomic/{{Spacetrawler}}''

No hope, no way out of this.\\

->'''Clark Kent:''' What's that on your face?
->'''Billy Batson:''' Eh, it's [a bruise from a punch] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished what you get for trying to be good.]] Should have just kept my mouth shut. 'Be good and good will follow'. That's what my parents used to always tell me. But, you know, Mr. Kent, I was good before they were taken from me. I was good at the foster home. And I was good fifteen minutes ago. I'm starting to think being good isn't good for me.
->'''Clark Kent:''' It seems that way sometimes, doesn't it? But that's because good is hard. [[EvilIsEasy Bad is always easy.]]

->'''[[HealingHands Panacea]]''': So you’re the supposedly good person who was [[ReverseMole pretending to be a crook]], and I’m the [[HeroicFatigue monster who was pretending to be a hero]], but when the dust settled, [[HeelFaceTurn we both wound up being villains]]. Funny how that works.”
->'''[[VillainProtagonist Skitter]]''': Maybe because doing the right thing is hard.
-->--''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->'''[[ReformedCriminal Weaver]]''': ''That small heroism had to count for something. I wanted it to so badly I ''ached'' for it.''
-->--''Literature/{{Worm}}''

''That's why they put him in prison''