Quotes About Good

And simple truth miscall'd simplicity,And captive good attending captain ill.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.

But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture,Tell them that God bids us do good for evil.And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ,And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil.

My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.

Etymologically, the word time comes from tide—an ancient reference to the lunar cycle still retained in such expressions as "yuletide" and "good tidings.

It teaches that man is an apostate creature, fallen from his original innocence, degraded in his nature, depraved in his thinking, prone toward evil, not good, and impacted by sin to the very core of his being.

I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out" (Rom. 7:18). As someone has said, even the spirituality we do possess is corrupted by our nature. We have nothing to brag about. On the contrary, God must always give us grace to bear with our faults and mercy to forgive our sins.

Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue. Let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality.

What is good is only a matter of opinion in secular society. Using society's own standard of goodness, careful observation of the bigger picture may reveal that a particular good has been outweighed by general evil. When a society defines its own morality and then applies it to itself, that society can justify its own serious breaches of character. It is able to lower the standard to the detriment of all.

The good die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, burn to the socket.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there.

According to this doctrine, man's destiny—both mortal and immortal—depended, not upon the existence of a soul before birth or after death nor upon the whim of a spiritual force, but upon his own good words and good deeds.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

You frighten me, Mr. Reed," Bierce said. "Why is that?" "Because according to your creed, you'd be willing to tear up the Constitution of the United States." "It's a piece of paper," Reed said. "A good one, mind you," he added. "But a piece of paper nonetheless. Times

Knowledge or religion means to be good and to do good, to worship God or to work for God without having the living presence of God.

When a person has been given up by God, he will never do good things. He will not improve but only descend lower and lower.

the land east of the Jordan was not good enough because it was outside of the realm of Christ's death.

Mr. Geithner is an excellent minister. We have a good personal relationship.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

Yet is it more honourable, and just, and upright, and pleasing, to treasure in the memory good acts than bad.

Don't worry, she deserved it anyway. She's no good, that girl. Much too individualistic.

I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.