Goodness Quotes

Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy and goodness. Trust me in all things.

Genuine goodness isn't discovered through postponement but must exist now or not at all. It cannot be based on what is not. We must find it in what is and what we truly see.

She has more goodness in her little finger than he has in his whole body.

I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters.

In my family, goodness is just badness before its had something to drink.

Every aspect of your life is greatly influenced, day in and day out, by the way you imagine life to be. Imagine the best, choose the goodness, and "be a source of love and light for all to see.

Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings.

Goodness often blossoms like roses on very rickety trellis-work, and beauty can grow out of nonsense.

Goodness, my nose is enormous,' she exclaimed. 'Why didn't anyone tell me?

What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin.

Goodness, generosity, or love does not come into being save through the search for reality.

In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!

I know what kind of people would have the hottest corner in my conception of hell. It would be those who have helped to give goodness a bad name.

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.

Believe in who you are, and trust in what you know is true. Your choices are reflections of the goodness within you.

Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.

Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.

Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again.

Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.

Good and bad men are each less so than they seem.

Or whatever politically correct spiritual representation of universal goodness you happen to believe in.

The Infinite, from which comes the impulse that lead us to activity, is not the highest Reason, but higher than reason; not the highest Goodness, but higher than goodness.

As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.

I'm rather pro-prostitution, I admire people who do it. It can't be much fun. Thank goodness for it. People need relief or they become murderers.

You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when you meet the exception.

How lovely goodness is in those who, stepping lightly, go smiling through the world.

Every good thing you do changes the balance in the universe.

Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down; it must grow internally, from the bottom up.

Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.

Truth, Goodness, Beauty - those celestial thrins,Continually are born; e'en now the Universe,With thousand throats, and eke with greener smiles,Its joy confesses at their recent birth.

I believe in the goodness of fellow human beings. We have a true desire for greatness and genuine good intention to be helpful to others. That's enough. Change is possible.

Neither the adventure of goodness nor the pursuit of righteousness gets headlines.

To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.

The sanguine assurance that men and nations can be legislated into goodness, that pressure from without is equivalent to a moral change within, needs a strong backing of inexperience.

He who believes in goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident to-morrows.

I have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness.

The good is the greatest rival of the best.

I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

It is not goodness to be better than the worst.

The rivers flow long distances and their goodness spreads all over far and wide. We are far from each other but our love for each other is creating a story that will forever be remembered.

My only policy is to profess evil and do good.

Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

Doing goodness, but doing goodness only is the best and the most superior religion of all the times!

Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.

Gold don't come off. What's good stays good no matter how much of a beating it takes.

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.

I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact.

It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.

I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.