Quotes About Goodness

He is ill clothed, who is bare of virtue.

My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume, that the same goodness will still be exercised toward me, in continuing that happiness, or enabling me to bear a fatal reverse, which I may experience as others have done; the complexion of my future fortune being known to Him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions.

formed the following little prayer, which was prefix'd to my tables of examination, for daily use. "O powerful Goodness! bountiful Father! merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolutions to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favors to me.

O powerful Goodness! bountiful Father! merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolutions to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favours to me.

Franklin's Note.—Nothing so likely to make a man's fortune as virtue.

through the goodness of the Lord, truth, I believed, gained some ground, and it was a strengthening opportunity to the honest-hearted.

The noblest question in the world is What good may I do in it?

I have always set a greater Value on the Character of a Doer of Good, than on any other kind of Reputation

?yi olanlara iyiyim. ?yi olmayanlara iyiyim. Ve sonunda hep iyilik vard?r. Samimi olana samimiyim, samimi olmayana samimiyim. Ve sonunda hep samimiyet vard?r.

It is titled 'Song of Joy.' The lyrics are inspiring and I hope it appeals to people. The track will help them reflect on the goodness that is inside them.

Our obligation is to refuse to let bad win, to refuse to let evil hold the field.

More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did good, who worked hard and met every expectation. I strove to achieve in the excessive way that psychotherapists tend to regard with concern.

Reject cynicism. Reject certitude. And don't be a jerk. Be a good guy.

It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition sometimes given for religion. It may relate to our actions or to our convictions. In our actions we should aim at goodness; in our convictions, at truth.

Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.

Embrace every opportunity of exercising kind feelings and doing good to others, especially to the household of faith.

How goodness heightens beauty!

Ed O'Neill is just a good, good human being.

Not doing evil is happiness.

Every child needs to see the possibilities of being human, watch the consequence of choices, and have their hearts stretched by goodness and courage in action.

En demasía lo bueno se hace malo, la píldora veneno y vicio la caricia; sabes de todo un poco y vas al cine, sabes de todo mucho y te suicidas. Mucha vida (cien años) es la muerte —se hace malo lo bueno en demasía—. La soledad, es ese gran espejo donde acabas por verte monstruoso; el silencio es la tuerca en el oído que se te va ajustando al agujero, demasiado silencio es igual que una bomba y demasiado amor es igual que un entierro.

With goodness one can feel secure; why wasn't I satisfied with goodness, why did I always ask her the wrong questions?

When you're not a good man yourself you respect a good man. Now I'd prefer to die with a good man around. A good man teaches a lot of nonsense and a bad man teaches truth [...] I'm not the one to teach the boy nonsense.

What was most evil in him needed her: it couldn't get along without goodness.