Quotes about goodness

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.

Unexpected and pleasant surprises occur every day...random kindnesses from a stranger would-be tragic accidents narrowly avoided sicknesses healed.... We will notice if we look. We will see good sprinkled liberally over every day if we are open.

I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don't imagine that it's there it's there waiting to be noticed.

If it is not right do not do it if it is not true do not say it.

Authentic acts of goodness set you free they don't enslave you.

When chasing success Your greatest asset is not what you get from it but who you become because of it.

Doing goodness creates shining he who does goodness shines in the eyes and in the hearts of others!

Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vileFilths savour but themselves...

You must know that with a good heart you can never be a poor person! And you must also know that with a bad heart it is impossible to be a rich person! Goodness enriches badness impoverishes!

People forget your goodness teach thing something so they can always remember.

Sun shines with its light flowers shine with their beauties and men shine with their goodnesses.

Goodness was not a trait you acquired it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

On Virtue - Goodness is its own reward. It has to be nothing else rewards it.

Everyone knows that evil should be avoided wherever possible few actually know where it is possible.

Evil is predicable Good is paradoxical.

Do your little bit of good where you are it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Giving is not favor it's a form of self-reparation.

Outwardly I was all confidence and openness inwardly I was spiteful and lonely and unaware of how to relate to the world. I wanted so much to be good but only knew how to appear that way by being bad.

Any action is good action do what you can from where you are and build off of that action each day.

Life is more than being happy it is to impact lives and live for the good of your generation.

A good person can make another person good it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society other persons will also be good.

I've rung my bells so many times, especially back in the day when chair shots to the head were legal. My goodness, I took so many of those.

If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.

yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful thingsand your tongue were not concocting some evil to sayshame would not hold down your eyesbut rather you would speak about what is just

Even in hardship, God’s goodness prevails.

Não importava que Deus no céu fosse católico, protestante ou hindu. O que importava era uma coisa mais profunda, mais antiga e mais forte do que qualquer imagem dessas: um conceito do bem baseado na afirmação da vida, na repulsa à destruição, à perversidade, ao uso e abuso do homem pelo homem. Era a afirmação do humano e do natural.

God you are so good, you gives what is needful.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

May the goodness of God's face forever shine on our path.

You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.]

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.

Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.

You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit, he's up!

Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people.

God's grace is everything we need. The seed of all goodness.

To make your Opinion Count,you have to do something morethan just making Money.

We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true Mormons.

Knowing the Techniques of Survival........Our fears and anxieties will often drive us to build impenetrable walls that act like blinders deflecting others and preventing us from seeing who surrounds us. Getting focused to the things that matter are the Key to what has to be to COMPLETE our MISSION. "I Had Every Excuse to Fail but I Chose None" Speak Life!!!(sky)

Intellectual freedom begins when one says with Socrates that he knows that he knows nothing, and then goes on to add: Do you know what you don’t know and therefore what you should know? If your answer is affirmative and humble, then you are your own teacher, you are making your own assignment, and you will be your own best critic. You will not need externally imposed courses, nor marks, nor diplomas, nor a nod from your boss . . . in business or in politics. (from the essay The Last Don Rag)

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.

We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil,' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

But try to remember that a good man can never die. You will see your brother many times again-in the streets, at home, in all the places of the town. The person of a man may go, but the best part of him stays. It stays forever.

God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as well as we can, we certainly will not submit to His discipline. …To the unbeliever the fact of suffering only convinces him that God is not to be trusted, does not love us. To the believer, the opposite is true.

Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in theworld. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

He's not safe, but he's good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.

Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them.

​Oh God, it is amazing that men can talk so much about man's creaturely power and goodness, when, if thou didst not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incar​​nate.

O Heavenly Children, do not forget that God is here, there and everywhere. The birds are his eyes and the air is his ears. And as you sleep, your heart and soul rest naked before him. He can drink from the rivers of your thoughts, and even feel the wetness of your tears.

God wants to rescue us, not destroy us. You don't have to be afraid of being happy, thinking that he wants to take that happiness away from you That's not who he is." "How can you be sure?" "Because when you've had a taste of goodness, it helps you recognize the difference between good and evil. I believe that people like Grace and St. Francis and a whole host of other kind, loving people show us what God is like. He isn't waiting to punish you and he doesn't give you blessings just to strip the

I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me.But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.

Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

I admire those who do good and expect nothing in return.

If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

Keep in mind that the reason you know you can be good to others is only because you've taken strides to be better for and to yourself.

Happiness is not the Achievement of Dreams.It is the Path to Dreams.

Having friends was weird . . . but in a good way.

The world seems to want us to be sad and angry because bad things frequently happen. But I say we should feel the opposite. We should be happy and cheerful because good things happen. We should be delighted to see the sun rise and stars glow and rainbows color stormy skies. We should savor every simple breath and eat each meal with gratitude. We should slumber in sweet dreams and relish moments of laughter and love. We should take more notice of the joys and kindnesses that do exist, still dicta

Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.

Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God. Men, out of pride, may claim their own authorities over what constitutes good and evil; they may self-proclaim a keen knowledge of subjective morality through religion or science. But that is only if they are acknowledging the work of evil as a cartoon-like, petty little rain cloud in the sky that merely wants to dampen one's spirits. On the contrary, a man co

The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become.

That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.

In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself. Good is good because it's better than bad, though why it's better to be good than bad depends on how you define good, and on and on.

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

Why can’t I be like that? Why can’t I be the father who just shrugs off the love of his daughter? Why can’t I be the Lead Inquisitor who enjoys watching his pleading victims burn at the stake? Why can’t I be the one who befriends a lonely, lost girl and then casts her out? Why can’t I be the one to strike first, to hit so early and with such fury that my enemies cower before they can ever think of turning on me? What is so great about being good?

The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and simple.

To be good, see goodness in everyone.

It's good to see the snakes revealing themselves. They weren't actually hidden at all. People hide behind the masks, but eventually you see them for who they truly are.

Love begets joy.Joy begets peace.Peace begets patience.Patience begets kindness.Kindness begets goodness.Goodness begets faithfulness.Faithfulness begets gentleness.Gentleness begets self-control.

Nonviolence is a way of life, where the task is to awaken the underlying goodness of every human being.

The greatest conduct is love in action.

Christmas is the spirit of love, peace and goodwill to all Humankind.

Only love can touch the heart.

The highest goodness is like water.Water is beneficial to all things but not contend. It stays in places which others despise. Therefore it is near Tao. The weakest things in the world can overmatch the strongest things in the world. Nothing in the world can be compared to water for its weak and yielding nature; yet in attacking the hard and strong nothing proves better than water. For there is no alternative to it. The weak can overcome and the yielding can overcame the hard. This all the world

...our souls may be consumed by shadows, but that doesn't mean we have to behave as monsters.

It is better to act right than seek right.

Because when everything is said and done... the world runs on kindness. It simply has to, or we'd never be a able to bear ourselves. It might not seem so to you now, but it will when you're older." ~Ariel

Random acts of kindness, however small it may be can transform the world.

We colour the world,Not with the darkness of our pasts, But with the rainbow of our hope.

We are in this world not only for ourselves but for others.

Let not a single soul discharge you, because we are a group of beautiful people...and you two are richer, with greater potential than this soil.

...that society with its hurtful views on race and class distinction would make it difficult for us to succeed.

Often times, the world looks at Christians and they are quick to criticize the ways we fall short. That is not God’s fault. That is each Christian’s fault, for not cultivating the fruit of the Spirit in their own soul. As Christians we all have a responsibility to ensure that we are always growing in our Christian walk, and that we are walking 'worthy of our calling,' as Paul says.

You have goodness in your heart, but your darkness overwhelms it all; your desire to hurt, destroy, and avenge is more powerful than your desire to love, help, and light the way.