Quotes About Goodness

Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

Find the best in everybody... you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out. (p. 22)

Almost everybody has a good side.

The only comfort comes in thinking about how nice it was to know them, and how nice it was to brush against goodness for a season.

Liebet eure Feinde, tut denen Gutes, die euch hassen‹, hat er gesagt. Und: ›Segnet die, die euch verfluchen,

Omul, atunci can e desavarsit, este cel mai bun dintre fiinte, dar atunci cand e lipsit de lege si dreptate, devine cel mai rau dintre toate, caci nedreptatea care dispune de arme este cea mai primejdioasa; iar omul este inzestrat la nastere cu arme menite a fi fosite cu inteligenta si virtute, dar pe care el le poate pune in slujba scopurilor celor mai rele.

I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.

I love the challenge of thinking about how we might approach a bowl of cereal. People are getting so involved in foodie culture and becoming more educated about their food, and yet it can be really simple to do something that's so good for you.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

I just sort of choose to see the good in things, and I choose to - I don't know - look on the bright side, as cheesy as it sounds.

Superheroes are the best of us. Never mind all those powers or the crazy costumes. The heart of a superhero is meant to inspire.

What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

And the spirit of Superman is great to have around.

God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.

I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.

I have no doubt concerning that Supreme Goodness, who is so eager to share His blessings, or of that everlasting love which makes Him more eager to bestow perfection on us than we are to receive it.

I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.

What does it mean to be a superhero? We're all fighting for the better good. But, at the same time, I think what stands out is, as superheroes, you don't give up; you don't surrender. I think that's what makes a superhero.

He seemed full of some goodness she didn't understand

Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

What is the message that wild animals bring, the message that seems to say everything and nothing? What is this message that is wordless, that is nothing more or less than the animals themselves- that the world is wild, that life is unpredictable in its goodness and its danger, that the world is larger than your imagination.

T]he right way to pray is not to beg, but to picture good things, to banish all bad things from our mind.

It seemed certain that Mrs Morpurgo must be kind and noble, for her husband said she was beautiful, and no beautiful woman would have married such an ugly man, had she not valued goodness above everything.

THE OBSERVATION THAT good people suffer, and evil people keep enjoying benefits and recognition, is short-sighted. Also, this kind of conclusion might have been made in haste. If one analyses carefully, one finds that troublemakers are definitely not happy. It is better to behave well and take responsibility for one's actions, and lead a positive life.