Quotes About Goodness

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.

When a person tells others "Be good," he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.

I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.

To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.

Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.

I just want my children to be happy. And to be good people. Proper people. That's all.

I like to think that good people win. But even good people have other sides. Most people will slow down to get a good look at an accident, even though they won't admit it.

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it.

How wonderful it is that we can start doing good at this very moment.

Whatever we perceive as good in the world has always endured, and it always will.

My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.

I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.

moral vanity is the snare of good people.

We are a great nation because we are a good people.

People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.

Being a good human being is very easy: Be a good son, a good husband, a good parent and a good citizen.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

I'm a good mother. I'm a good person.

Do well by doing good.

Be good, sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can.

Don't be sorry. Be good. Be right. Be a hero.

A good thing can't be cruel.