Goodness Quotes

Good, then, is indefinable....

~ G.e. Moore

We must not, therefore, be frightened by the assertion that a thing is natural into the admission that it is good; good does not, by definition, mean anything that is natural; and it is therefore always an open question whether anything that is natural is good.

~ G.e. Moore

for that men have been good does not suffice for them to continue being good, unless one cares about it to the end.

~ Xenphon Ephesius

We have laws in our country that tell us not to murder or steal and we have police that enforce them. The question is whether you personally need the police to watch you. If they disappeared would you begin killing and thieving because you know no one will come after you, or will you carry on not doing it because it is what you actually believe is right?

~ Lewis N. Roe

This is what you have to ask yourself: Do you want to be good, or just seem good? Do you want to be good to yourself and others? Do you care about other people, always, sometimes, never? Or only when convenient? What kind of person do you want to be?

~ Charles Yu

Keep the good memories and throw out the bad ones

~ Norhafsah Hamid

Religion is more beautiful when it brings out the goodness in a person.

~ Gugu Mona

It's beautiful when you realise how kind, tender, warm and big-hearted a person is that has suffered too much for their own good.

~ Diana Jaber

What good is there in being blind, you ask? Well, maybe it's to see the beauty on the inside without being vainly distracted, or superficially blinded, by the ugly on the outside.

~ Criss Jami

I want something good to die for. . . to make it beautiful to live.

~ Stacey T. Hunt

The pursuit of goodness leads to greatness, but the pursuit of greatness, whether by a man or a nation, leads to ruin…. [G]ood men build; great men destroy. They destroy because they try to control something other than themselves and that always leads to destruction.

~ John Kramer

Whereas goodness makes greatness teachable, greatness makes goodness touchable.

~ Orrin Woodward

To love, you close your eyes. To do good, you deceive oneself. To be honest, you ditch oneself. To be good, you have to transcend all the three ideas.

~ Harshit Walia

It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world, but it is very possible to know how it has touched one's self in going by, and I know right well that any good that intermixed itself with my apprenticeship came of plain contented Joe, and not of restlessly aspiring discontented me.

~ Charles Dickens

On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. The soul of the murderer is blind; and there can be no true goodness nor true love without the utmost clear-sightedness.

~ Albert Camus

Falsehoods, rob the good in the hood, of the good wood. The good wood, that the good in the hood are descended from, is their birthright.

~ Justin K. Mcfarlane Beau

The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Almost everything you think is sacred, good and decent, is a lie and an all-out assault against truth and decency.

~ Bryant Mcgill

REJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Good deeds are seeds of generosity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.

~ Albert Schweitzer

The modern world has forgotten the necessity of encouraging men to be better. They speak of sick men or healthy men, of interesting people or uninteresting people; they never, or seldom, indicate that there is and must be an interior and spiritual improvement in man before any of the glowing coals of humanity can be reached. They have cultivated everything but the goodness of man. The result of such shallowness is everywhere apparent.

~ Francis Beauchesne Thornton

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others… In this world so filled with problems, so constantly threatened by dark and evil challenges, you can and must rise above mediocrity, above indifference. You can become involved and speak with a strong voice for that which is right.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley

You don't have to be beautiful to be shallow. You needn't be small or weak to be a coward. Shitty personalities come in surprising packages and anybody can be an asshole. So value the good ones, whoever they are. Recognize them when you see them and don't let them go.

~ Jennifer Delucy

Some people are good only because they are afraid of punishment. These justify why we need government

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

No matter how hard you try to be a good person, to make choices that will lead to success, nothing is promised. Even the good and the innocent are damned from time to time.

~ Lindsay Detwiler

If you want to know if someone was meant to be in your future, then remove all the worldly things about them from your mind. Don’t think about their looks, the intimate moments or their personality. Now, think about how they made you feel, how they improved your life and what virtues they possess that push you to want to become better. Did they bring you closer to God? Did they bring you to your life mission? Did they ever lie to you, betray you or made it impossible for you to feel comfortable speaking your mind? When you remove all the shine from a diamond, it becomes a glass rock. What value is it then? See beneath the surface and you will know who your future is with.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Be good.See good.Choose good.It's a no-brainer.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. That’s why we’ve got to make sure we pass it on.

~ Billie Letts

People who do not have a price tag attached to them are priceless.

~ Amit Abraham

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

~ Victor Hugo

The kind of woman whose goodness is oppressive

~ Han Kang

Only the goodness of heart and an intellect to match can produce such a perfect woman in nature.

~ Anuradha Bhattacharyya

O Woman - Allah has made you the Queen of Piety and Modesty, Don't belittle yourself to be the slave of unlawful admiration and mortal fame & fortune.

~ Ayisha Tabbassum

I don’t mean good like going to church or not breaking laws. If, in your heart, you try to get through the daywithout hurting other people, then you are a good person...

~ Kaje Harper

Good influences are positive, and they see the good in even bad situations.

~ Amber Hurdle

Every good deed is acceptable goodness.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Goodness is good.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A good intention feeds no one.

~ Bobby Darnell