Quotes About Goodness

Only basic goodness gives life to technique.

Many people with secondary greatness - that is, social recognition for their talents - lack primary greatness of goodness in their character

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Many people with secondary greatness—that is, social recognition for their talents—lack primary greatness or goodness in their character. Sooner or later, you'll see this in every long-term relationship they have

Many people with secondary greatness—that is, social recognition for their talents—lack primary greatness or goodness in their character. Sooner or later, you'll see this in every long-term relationship they have, whether it is with a business associate, a spouse, a friend, or a teenage child going through an identity crisis. It is character that communicates most eloquently. As Emerson once put it, "What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

if there is little or no trust, there is no foundation for permanent success. Only basic goodness gives life to technique.

It simply makes no difference how good the rhetoric is or even how good the intentions are; if there is little or no trust, there is no foundation for permanent success. Only basic goodness gives life to technique.

The good news is that Christ frees us from the need to obnoxiously focus on our goodness, our commitment, and our correctness. Religious has made us obsessive almost beyond endurance. Jesus invited us to a dance...and we've turned in into a march of soldiers, always checking to see if we're doing it right and are in step and in line with the other soldiers. We know a dance would be more fun, but we believe we must go through hell to get to heaven, so we keep marching.

Moore noted that it is sensible to ask, "This conduct is more evolutionarily successful, but is it good?" The mere fact that the question makes sense shows that evolutionary success and goodness are not the same thing.

Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.

Little deeds of kindness Little words of love; Help to make earth an Eden Like the heaven above.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

You said I am a good man," he said. "But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.

I'm down to Earth, a lover of music, making music and making love. I love to make people happy and I think I'm basically a good person … despite what you might read about me.

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring. Choose the way of goodness. It's up to you. It's your choice.

A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.

It is not through judgment that the good in people can be reached, but through love and faith.

Make love your weapon to overcome any evil

Goodness in other people and what they contribute inspire me. I love it when someone is gifted and shares it in some way so that it has a trickle-down effect.

Our obedience to God's commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God.

We can never lose anything that is good, never lose love or the memories of great happiness because they are true.

Love is that which exists to do good, not merely to get good.