Quotes About Goodness

As pessoas bondosas desaparecem depressa. Toda a gente gosta muito delas, a morte também. Só os patifes são resistentes. Esses, em geral, morrem velhos e por vezes na própria cama. Em paz.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness.

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure, and good without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

The good have no need of an advocate.

Things do not have to last forever to be good, and when they end, it is not always proof that one's principles were wrong.

Sometimes the bad guys don't win.

C'è una voracità, che hai con le persone che ti vivono intorno, che mi spaventa. E questo tanto più perché io so quanto, dentro di te, ci sia solamente un fondo di sincera bontà

From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of consideration for other people makes human beings selfish, regardless for other people's good.

I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad.

I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.

Every volcano is a powerful illustration of God's character. He is a Vesuvius of goodness, life, and energy.

To have charitable support given by people voluntarily to support their fellow citizens, I think, is rather uplifting and shows what a good, compassionate country we are.

If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.

I'm pretty nice. I'm far from an ax murderer. I've never been mean to anyone in my life.

Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy.

I don't want to play a bad guy who doesn't have a bit of good in him.

In general, I think writing characters, no one is 100 percent good or bad, and certainly, the bad characters never think they're bad themselves. Even the worst characters don't feel like they're bad guys on the inside.

I'm not a bad man.

I just want to act. And I want to be good. And I want to be happy, and I think that's it.

Be kind. It feels good.

If you are trying to be happy and trying to be kind, you've already won.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

In the early days of eBay, I articulated for the very first time this belief that people are basically good.