Goodness Quotes

More importantly, one could make the opposite argument to Leithart and Grant--that if good is guaranteed to win, then goodness becomes merely a means to an end rather than an end unto itself.

~ Joseph Laycock

Always, there are some goodness in bad and something bad in goodness. It is the balance of life.

~ Pradeepa Pandiyan

Only God is good.We can make good works,We can be called good folksWe can do good,but we cannot be good.

~ Mac Canoza

You know I'm no squealer, Harry.''You're a rummy. But no matter how rum dumb you get, if you ever talk about that, I promise you.''I'm a good man,' he said. 'You oughtn't to talk to me like that.''They can't make it fast enough to keep you a good man,' I told him. But I didn't worry about him any more because who was going to believe him?

~ Ernest Hemingway

I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly.

~ George Eliot

People do not have to be dreary to be good.

~ Sally Holmes

And no one rose to ask the question: Good?-by what standard?John Galt

~ Ayn Rand

It is only goodness which gives extra...

~ Arthur Conan Doyle

Touched by an act of kindness, be kind to others.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Always see the good in everyone...learn to see through God's eyes no matter what...remember, the tables may turn tomorrow. You just never know!

~ Kemi Sogunle

Store good words in your heart, and you will be always and everywhere finding yourself to be in goodness. Loyalty and kindness will always be with you. Paint your good words in the blue canvas of day, and in the starry canvas of night. In this way, you will always be with reminding yourself of goodness. Place your trust in the beauty of your words. Grow and culture in your understanding of beauty and love. The path of beauty and love always welcomes you to come walk it.

~ Richard Mc Sweeney

Good things don't happen to good people; good things happen to happy people.

~ Vivian Amis

How good would a Good Samaritan be, if a Good Samaritan would only intend to do good?

~ John Janzen

always see the goodness in others for it will sent you to righteousness,.. Amen

~ Jinnul Jr.

The goodness you receive from God is a treasure for you to share with others.

~ Elizabeth George

Once you see the good in someone, it’s hard not to notice the good in everyone.

~ Cassia Leo

Good Person, Good Words and Good Action are independent, wisdom lies in recognizing each of this good irrespective of other one or two being not Good.

~ Venkat Gandhi

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

~ Muhammad Ali

I mind how I said to you once that there is a price for being good the same as for being bad; a cost to pay. And it's the good men that cant deny the bill when it comes around. They cant deny it for the reason that there aint any way to make them pay it, like a honest man that gambles. The bad men can deny it; that's why dont anybody expect them to pay on sight or any other time. But the good cant. Maybe it takes longer to pay for being good than for being bad.

~ William Faulkner

In the sense of Lewis, I am a moderately 'good man'.~R. Alan Woods [2012]

~ R. Alan Woods

The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to confuse the intent of goodness with the act of doing things well.

~ Ursula K. Le Guin

Good and bad exist always, everywhere

~ R. Alan Woods

There is no sinner like a young saint.

~ Aphra Behn

Men learn wisdom from their sins, not from their righteous deeds.

~ Marmaduke William Pickthall

The practice of that which is ethically best—what we call goodness or virtue—involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless self-assertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows... It repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence... Laws and moral precepts are directed to the end of curbing the cosmic process.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

Seek the good in life and life will be good to you.

~ Jenni Young

I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. I re-read passages from my favorite books. I hold the little treasures that somebody special gave me. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious pieces of good in the world.

~ Dolly Parton

When we maintain a conscious connection with Gratitude, our presence will naturally radiate a certain beauty and undisturbed, inner tranquillity. Such individuals glow. All such individuals look beautiful and seem irresistible to those who value goodness. They have an attractor field of loveliness which, likewise, tends to bring out the beauty in other people.

~ Donna Goddard

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley

Some people are naturally good, you know, and others are not. I'm one of the others.

~ L.m. Montgomery

Fundamental rule in your life, is to know what your deserve in life and getting what you deserve. That's winning always.

~ Jubin Jomon

Do good and be a good person because that’s just what the Lord expects. There just ain’t nothing special about being and doing good. It’s what the Lord expects…

~ Andrew Galasetti

And now it [grass] seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves, Tenderly will I use you curling grass,It may be you transpire from the breasts of young men, It may be if I had known them I would have loved them, It may be you from old people, or from offspring taken soon out of their mother's laps, And here you are the mothers'

~ Walt Whitman

There is one type of gambling which should always be encouraged. It is betting on goodness. When a person has wronged you, be good to him. If he adds insult to injury, double the bet. And keep on doubling it. You will surely win!

~ J.p. Vaswani

I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact.

~ Cecelia Ahern

I am telling you now: I might be young, but I am good. I work hard, and I'm a good person. I know what's right. I know what's wrong. And if you give me this chance-- if you just give me one shot to show you how good I can be, how hard I work, how much I believe in doing the right thing -- I won't let you down. I promise.

~ Matt Fraction

Perhaps, if you weren't so busy regarding my shortcomings, you'd find that I do possess redeeming qualities, discreet as they may be.  I notice when the sky is blue.  I smile down at children.  I laugh at any innocent attempt at humor.  I quietly carry the burdens of others as though they were my own.  And I say 'I'm sorry' when you don't.  I am not without fault, but I am not without goodness either.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Manifest of souls;Adventurous soul,Enthusiastic soul, Sound soul,Happy soul,Great soul.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If we all knew who God really was and what he really wanted for each and every one of us, we would all know that only a fool could really deny him.

~ Criss Jami

Disillusion in an ache that eats into the dreams of goodness, of love, of any value that matters - even to the very belief in life.

~ Anne Perry