Quotes About Goodness

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

Virtue is its own reward.

Happiness is the highest good

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue

No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope.

Prayers said by good people are always good prayers

You are remembered for your goodness.

Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters.

God lives, but not as we. His creatures live but to die. But God is life. Therefore, goodness is not an attribute. Goodness is God.

Goodness that preaches undoes itself.

The only test of goods things is that they make us strong.

It's better to gather in righteousness than fellowship with darkness.

Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

Be an ordinary person with extraordinary heart

Only when however we are becomes good enoughDo we ever become really freeTo be our best...