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Quotes About Good

To the last hour of my life, you cannot choose but remain part of my character, part of the little good in me, part of the evil.
~ Charles Dickens
Don't worry me now, Fagin!' replied the girl, raising her head languidly. 'If Bill has not done it this time, he will another. He has done many a good job for you, and will do many more when he can; and when he can't, he won't, so no more about that.
~ Charles Dickens
And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at itself and dies with the doer of it; but Good, never.
~ Charles Dickens
us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way— in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil,
~ Charles Dickens
way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
~ Charles Dickens
True unconditional love is sacrificial—it is not easily offended, self-focused, or afraid of rejection. It seeks only the good of the other person.
~ Charles F. Stanley
Your hope, your defense, your vindication, and your future are all in the hands of the Lord God Almighty. The people and challenges aligned against you cannot overpower Him. Trust Him. No matter what comes, He will bring good from it.
~ Charles F. Stanley
Let a god change anything, and there will be reactions of evil as much as good. Only stupidity can be divine.
~ Charles Fort
If good and evil are continuous, any crime can be linked with any virtue. Imposture merges away into self-deception so that only relatively has there ever been impostor.
~ Charles Fort
For there are two distinct religions, "one good if the other fails," in La Romagna, and many still believe that that of the spirits, or ancient gods, is, on the whole, the most to be relied
~ Charles Godfrey Leland
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
~ German proverb
When strolling through the garden, If you should chance to see A ladybug out walking, Please say "hi" for me! For ladybugs are good bugs, They help the garden grow They will bring you good luck, So always say "hello!"
~ Author Unknown
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. We must beware of thinking of good and evil as absolute opposites.
~ C. G. Jung
For my own part, I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed; and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
~ James Boswell
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. Scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. A smile, accompanied by a kind word, has been known to reclaim a poor outcast and change the whole current of a human life.
~ The Family Herald, 1872
I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may be the backbone of the nation, but they are also the backbone of ignorance, bigotry, and boredom, all in vast quantities.
~ Gore Vidal
Vedete, così la penso io: se al bene che vorrei fare si avvicina troppo un grande male, allora preferisco non fare affatto il bene. Perché il male noi sappiamo benissimo qual è, il bene molto meno.»
~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Religion is the solid basis of good morals therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.
~ Gouverneur Morris
The world is the same in any generation, and human life is the same. Good and bad are the same. Kicking over pleasant helpful rules and running wild doesn't change results.
~ Grace Livingston Hill
All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or peculiar.
~ Grace Paley
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
~ Graham Greene
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Ahzek Ahriman
~ Graham McNeill
Hamlet's mother says to Hamlet, "Why seems it so particular with thee?" What is the difference between belief and make-belief? What makes us give to any one belief (since it is only a matter of shifting, tuning the mind) the peculiar weight of actuality? "For there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
~ Graham Swift
No evil equals no plot equals no movie equals no money. Thus the paradox: while we convince ourselves we are good (or at least not depraved), our most powerful art form is built upon the revelation that this is a lie.
~ Grant Horner