Quotes About Goodness

But, like the man in the song, Alfred Roberts did well by doing good. The shop prospered.

interpretando como estupidez lo que era un rasgo de la bondad de su alma.

En la mujer rico tesoro es la belleza, el placer de admirarla no se acaba jamás; pero la bondad, la gentileza la superan y valen mucho más.

I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil.

You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven.

Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.

Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice.

but he did not change his purpose, nor did the universe invite him to change. It accepted the choice; no more preventing him than it prevents a child playing with fire or a fool destroying his love. It has not our kindness or our decency; if it is good, its goodness is of another kind than ours.

She was nice. Nice is good.

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

Human beings are basically good, kind, and compassionate, but it takes hard digging to uncover that buried jewel.

HEAVENLY FATHER, thank you for hearing my prayer and rescuing me because you are faithful and good. Forgive me for the times when I have exhausted my meager resources before calling out to you. When I am poor and needy and my heart is full of pain, prompt me to run to you first and to find rest in your faithfulness and goodness. In you, O Lord, I put my trust.

You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.

World is full of nice people,if u cannot find one be one !

All bow to virtue — and then walk away.

He who hates vice hates mankind.

Virtue's the Paint that can make Wrinkles shine.

...that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love...

Kind people are the best kind of people.

Each good deed strengthens our angel wings.

I've felt for the first time in my life the joyful consciousness that I am truly loved by a truly good man, one that with all my heart I can love and honor... one who loves me for myself alone, and with an unselfish, patient, gentle affection such as I never thought to waken in a human heart... a man in whom I can trust without fear, in whose principles I have perfect faith, in whose large, warm, loving heart my own restless soul can find repose.

God is good, but never dance in a small boat.

Maybe our stories aren't simply about suffering. And maybe life isn't separated neatly in to chapters. Maybe joy and heartache bleed together, spilling out in to the binding of each page. Because even when heartache doesn't have a clear beginning and end, we can be certain that neither does love, goodness, and joy. And maybe that is life and the truth of our stories; they aren't one thing or another. They are a glorious mess of it all.

Genuine goodness isn't discovered through postponement but must exist now or not at all. It cannot be based on what is not. We must find it in what is and what we truly see.