Quotes About Good

One should have expected some terrible enormities charged to those who are excluded from heaven, as the reason; but no,—they are condemned for not doing positive good, as if that included every possible harm.

I hope, my good sir, that you are not exposed to any difficulty on our account," said George, anxiously. "Fear nothing, George, for therefore are we sent into the world. If we would not meet trouble for a good cause, we were not worthy of our name." "But, for me," said George, "I could not bear it." "Fear not, then, friend George; it is not for thee, but for God and man, we do it," said Simeon.

Somewhat mollified by certain cups of very good coffee, he came out smiling and talking, in tolerably restored humor.

Lor, if the devil don't get them, what's he good for?

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good not to do harm.

Prayer, in this more inclusive sense, is the settled craving of a man's heart, good or bad, his inward love and determining desire.

Our people have only the one chance. Our good deeds must be done on this earth in this life. And since there is no one to share the burden with them or to intercede

Die vraag is te goed om met een antwoord te verknoeien.

It was the Prophet (saas) who said "I was sent to perfect good character"2 and "By One in whose hand there is my life: None shall enter Paradise except one who has got good conduct."3

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

When things get too good... I get out. Well. I guess to a degree we all do. But most pull out; ride off into the sunset with a wave and a wink and a "Heigh-o-Silver." But not me. I am a pusher. I nudge and kvetch and cry and demand until I leave my partner no possible alternative but for him to run for his life. (...)

You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.

When you get your power to be "good" from your desire to please man, you will ultimately fail because you do not have the power to be perfect

listen, i appreciate the story. i get that he's a goody guy. but these audits are random. it's not personal. see, that's where you're wrong, the man said. everything you do in life is personal.

Evil lies in the hearts of mankind!

Evil is done by the living.

Happiness is about doing something good in this world," She says finally. "It comes to finding what you we're meant to do, and doing it.

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

It's a good thing people's needs don't all arise at the same time; otherwise we wouldn't be able to meet them all. When you left Wisconsin, it was Poppy's turn. Roo's is coming.

Come on, give me a shimmy!" Ruby screeched from the couch as she ground out one cigarette and then lit another. "You're fighting a battle of good and evil with your dog pimp! Your only weapon is the shimmy! There is power in the shimmy! Make him fear your shimmy! Now, goddamnit, show me your war shimmy!

You know, a Beagle Poodle cross?" I tried to imagine a mixture of those two breeds leading to something good, and simply couldn't. I wasn't being Poodle-centric. I was pretty sure that Beagle breeders would have felt the same way.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity.

Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.

The world is supposed to be full of possibilities, but they narrow down to pretty few in most personal experience. There's lots of good fish in the sea ... maybe ... but the vast masses seem to be mackerel or herring, and if you're not mackerel or herring yourself, you are likely to find very few good fish in the sea.