Quotes About Goodness

I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.

In the old tales, kindness is the purest form of heroism. Find the character who meets the world with a big heart and an open hand and you have found your hero or heroine.

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice

As the dark forces try to attack a person, a family, or a nation, angelic forces are ever-ready to give help. They come to your assistance once you shift yourself toward their direction and create some kind of contact with the Forces of Light. Knowing about this creates a kind of balance in our consciousness. The enemies of Light are against seven principles: Beauty, Goodness, Righteousness, Joy, Freedom, enlightenment, and expansion of consciousness.

How nice it feels to be good," she thought quietly.

Toivokaamme hänelle hyvää teltanpaikkaa ja kevyttä sydäntä!

Faith, then, is an assertion of trust, even when our circumstances point in a direction that seems to call into question God's goodness.

but is it not heartening to know that so many are willing to fight for the good? Think of that young librarian, Sophie, who made certain you escaped. Think of S.Q., who risked my brother's wrath to make me more comfortable. Think of Captain Noland, and Joe Shooter, and all the others – even strangers – who were prepared to sacrifice their safety, perhaps even their lives, on our behalf. That's something, is it not?

I hope you haven't given up on the S.Q.'s of the world, Reynie. As you see, there are a great many sheep in wolves' clothing. If not for S.Q.'s good nature, we'd never have escaped.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

An angel once found a demon broken and nearly dead. The angel held out his arm to help the demond. The demond looked at the angel and asked 'Why would you save an evil demond like me?' The angel answered, 'Because without you there is no me.

He has written about equality, the perfectibility of human nature, and the essential goodness of mankind for many years -- he judges others by himself, poor soul.

Blessed is he who has found enlightenment. He conquers, although he may be wounded; he is glorious and happy, although he may suffer; he is strong, although he may break down under the burden of his work; he is immortal, although he may die. The essence of his being is purity and goodness.

Surrender the grasping disposition of selfishness, and you will attain to that calm state of mind which conveys perfect peace, goodness, and wisdom.

Goodness deliberately chooses to do the right thing and firmly resists what is wrong. Merely avoiding bad things doesn't make women good.

We obtain and, even worse, boast about our identity by the things we consume (television, food) more than truth, goodness, and beauty, the three virtues that transcend time and borders. In America and elsewhere, I am because I consume, when it should be because God is and because I do.

We are to live with heavenly things in mind and with our feet firmly on the ground. We won't be redemptive forces for good if we don't grasp this, and our spiritual growth will be truncated. Personal piety alone won't cut it, but marry piety to shrewdness, as Jesus did, and you're on your way, Good Guy.

To put it simply, you are never right to make wrong, or wrong to make right. To be right, make right.

The difference between design and research seems to be a question of new versus good.

Tuhan maha kuasa. Kalau Dia membatasi diri-Nya hanya dengan melakukan apa-apa yang baik, Dia tidak bisa disebut Maha Kuasa; itu berarti Dia hanya menguasai satu bagian alam semesta, dan ada orang lain yang lebih berkuasa daripada-Nya, yang mengawasi dan menilai tindakan-tindakan-Nya.

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights...

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

Wherever you it is that you want to see the face of God, there you will see it. And if you don't want to see it, it doesn't matter, so long as you are performing good works.

But as far as true goodness was concerned, that didn't exist - not in the land of cowardly men.