Goodness Quotes

Never be afraid of What is good; the good is always the road to what is true.

The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order.

There is for a free man no occupation more worthy and delightful than to contemplate the beauteous works of nature and honor the infinite wisdom and goodness of God.

Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.

All men are born good.

Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage.

How goodness heightens beauty!

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.

Out of love, No regrets-- Though the goodness Be wasted forever. Out of love, No regrets-- Though the return Be never.

I am such a good man, at bottom, such a good man, how is it that nobody ever noticed it?

Happiness is a certain activity of soul in conformity with perfect goodness

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

If we can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.

I smiled back and I thought how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.

I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag waving patriot.

Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

I was a lifeguard. It was my summer job growing up, and I never saved anyone. I never had to, thank goodness.

Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring. Choose the way of goodness. It's up to you. It's your choice.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth.

Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness of God when Satan and all the world would sneer at us to recant.

We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

Radical transparency fosters goodness in so many ways for the same reasons that bad things are more likely to take place behind closed doors.

It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.

A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission.

The grace that saves them is the free undeserved goodness and favor of God.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

C'mon, Amy, cinnamon rolls are calling us." Dan put a hand to his ear. "Do you hear? 'Amy? Dan?'" he squeaked. "'Come and get my sugary, sticky goodness!

The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.

When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.

Let us watch against PRIDE in every shapepride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride in our own goodness.

It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.

The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.

If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.

Goodness in other people and what they contribute inspire me. I love it when someone is gifted and shares it in some way so that it has a trickle-down effect.

Goodness shapes our will, and truth shapes our understanding.

Our obedience to God’s commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God.