Quotes About Goodness

America is great because America is good. If America ever ceases to be good it will cease to be great.

The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.

Take wrongs patiently. Be willing to suffer for doing good (1 Pet. 3:8–17).

There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature.

The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself.

I'm an introvert on the Myers-Briggs. I've got to have time by myself to recharge. My philosophy is sort of that humans are weak, frail, imperfect, and generally kind of bad, but every day I meet somebody who's good, and that inspires me.

Do the best that you can in the place where you are, and be kind.

At the end of the day, when you're trying to do good, that's all that matters. Whether it's in a different aspect than in the N.B.A. or N.F.L., you should use your platform for good.

I want to be a good actress, I want to be a good person, and I want to play baseball.

It's a cliche, but most people are good at something, and most people are good at what they're enthusiastic about.

I don't commit any crimes.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

People get the wrong impression about me. They think I'm elitist or I'm conceited or whatever. But I'm a really good person. I take care of my friends and my family. I'm kindhearted. I'm a better person than a lot of people I'm surrounded by. I'll get chewed up for saying that, but it's true.

Aladdin is a good soul. He is very selfless and usually does things for other people, but as he falls in love, he loses himself a little bit and starts to become someone that he is not. But he is a person with good intentions and has good people surrounding him who lead him back to where he is supposed to be.

In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a capacity for goodness. Those are qualities for which we will be remembered most fondly.

To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.

Be sweet, be good, and honest always.

You hear a lot of songs that are about people cheating or about infidelity. I haven't really heard one before about connecting with the noble part of yourself. I know it sounds a little bit cheesy, but that's the real deal. There are a lot of people who are making a genuinely good, sweet decision on a daily basis.

Troy was a sweet, good man. We just were never destined to be married. We just didn't have the same values. But I'm not bitter. He taught me how to laugh.

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

If I never do another thing, I've met the good, sweet people of the world.

The fact that people put on 'Honey, I'm Good' to get their day started - that's really sweet.

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.