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Quotes About Goodness

And learn the luxury of doing good.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.
~ Dennis Wholey
When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.
~ John Knox
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
~ Charles Dickens
You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.
~ Shams Tabrizi
The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
~ Hazrat Ali ibn Abu-Talib
The thing I know for sure is that at the end of my life, what I'm going to remember is the love I felt for my family and my friends, and whatever good I did for other people.
~ Barack Obama
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
~ Taylor Swift
Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad.
~ Jeffrey R. Holland
My own great-grandfather, who said simply enough, "No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so.
~ Jeffrey R. Holland
Keep your faith. Look for the good in your situation. Do something kind for someone. Seek Christ devoid of wrapping and tinsel. You will find that despite external circumstances, Christmas—like the kingdom of God—is 'within you' (Luke 17:21).
~ Jeffrey R. Holland
A worthy life means showing up when showing up is the only thing to do. Goodness bears itself out in millions of ordinary ways across the globe, for the rich and poor, the famous and unknown, in enormous measures and tiny, holy moments.
~ Jen Hatmaker
A worthy life means showing up when showing up is the only thing to do. Goodness bears itself out in millions of ordinary ways across the globe, for the rich and poor, the famous and unknown, in enormous measures and tiny, holy moments. It may involve a career and it may not. It may include traditional components and it may not.
~ Jen Hatmaker
It's all about contributing to the world by making life easier, happier, safer, healthier, better, tastier, more beautiful, more fun, more interesting, more thoughtful, more loving—whatever you do, bring something good to the party.
~ Jen Sincero
Ich nehme all das Gute an, das das Leben bietet.
~ Jen Sincero
la bondad es sorprendentemente difícil
~ Jennifer Castle
This is because I'm a good person," I assured Doofus. "I am going to heaven, though hopefully not by way of the convent.
~ Jennifer Echols
A good deed needs no excuse.
~ Jennifer Egan
That the good that we do might live on after us, while the evil lies interred with their bones.
~ Jennifer Lee Carrell
One must devote oneself to figuring out that one must live for the good, for its own sake. It was a secular morality. Contemporaries did not know what to call a thing like that—he questioned their every faith, their every way of life—so they called it atheism.
~ Jennifer Michael Hecht
This is what I want to do with Violet - give her only the good, keep away the bad, so that good is all we ever have around us
~ Jennifer Niven
I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it.
~ Jennifer Niven
Let us be so taken up with the knowledge of God's goodness and the desire to fellowship with Him that our emotions are warmed and our outer man reflects great love. Although we must not seek emotional experiences for their own sake, we must not shun them merely because others misuse them or ignore God's instructions on worship.
~ Elyse Fitzpatrick
A good heart will help you to a bonny face
~ Emily Bronte