Quotes About Good

1, and preferably a little higher. So we'll suggest a guideline that we've taken to calling the Rule of Four: It takes four good things to overcome one bad thing. We offer this as a rough gauge. We're not claiming to have discovered a universal constant like the speed of light or Avogadro's number. It's a rule of thumb, not a law of nature. It doesn't apply to

shakespeare's use of tragedy is different from the classical; what makes him care about his tragic characters is not that they are good, as greek protagonists fundamentally are, but that they might have been.

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Affliction is not misery. Misery is the abasement of spirit which comes from the loss of God and good.

The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and with good reason; and to cause this affliction to arise from some good action done with a single eye; because nothing can more clearly show him the emptiness of what is most lovely and desirable in all the world.

A bullet to the front of the head demonstrates good marksmanship. A bullet to the back of the head demonstrates good judgement.

He saw good men go down into a slow decline of hopelessness, broken as their vision of a decent life was broken;

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

Youth is a kind of madness. The wisest young men are they who follow the good example of the old, and the most foolish old men are they who follow the bad example of the young. It

What do a few thousands, or a few millions of people matter? Women will just go on making the loss good. But Governments are important–one mustn't risk them.

They don't take the Bible as a general thing, sailors don't; though I will say that I never saw the man at sea who didn't give it the credit of being an uncommon good yarn. ("Kentucky's Ghost")

There are angels in Hell," the horror writer told him, "not just in Heaven. Indeed, the angels of Hell may be the more numerous.

My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada.

Heaven's work never ceases, and men should never rest from doing good. The Sabbath is not intended to be a period of useless inactivity.

There is not a point that needs to be dwelt upon more earnestly, repeated more frequently, or established more firmly in the minds of all than the impossibility of fallen man meriting anything by his own best good works. Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

You who are suffering with poor health, there is a remedy for you. If thou clothe the naked and bring the poor that are cast out to thy house and deal thy bread to the hungry, "then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily." Doing good is an excellent remedy for disease.

The conduct of some professed Christians is so lacking in kindness and courtesy that their good is evil spoken of.

The character is revealed, not by occasional good deeds and occasional misdeeds, but by the tendency of the habitual words and acts.

Heaven's work never ceases, and men should never rest from doing good. The

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10.

Integrity, firmness, and perseverance are qualities that all should seek earnestly to cultivate; for they clothe the possessor with a power which is irresistible—a power which makes him strong to do good, strong to resist evil, strong to bear adversity.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things. Matthew 12:35.

The little incidents of everyday life often pass without our notice, but it is these things that shape the character. Every event of life is great for good or for evil. The mind needs to be trained by daily tests, that it may acquire power to stand in any difficult position. In the days of trial and of peril you will need to be fortified to stand firmly for the right, independent of every opposing influence.

The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency for water to flow downhill."