Best 1197 quotes in «goodness quotes» category

You know someone is truly special when the most beautiful thing they have on is a kind soul.

You must know that with a good heart you can never be a poor person! And you must also know that with a bad heart it is impossible to be a rich person! Goodness enriches; badness impoverishes!

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?

You only have to do one good thing to be in somebody’s lifetime of prayers.

Your attention is so sacred that if you truly look for beauty and grace, you will find it in everything.

Your conscience is not only the repository of your failures but also of your successes. It contains your vileness as also your goodness. The more good deeds you have performed in the past, the more happiness will be at your disposal all the time. You can always borrow some of that happiness when you are feeling low.

You're a good man," Fang said. "You're the last good man in this whole town. All the good that could be squeezed out of this forsaken place was used to make you. That's why you're so small, my friend: there just wasn't that much left." Fang laughed. "and that's why you can see us, you know, and nobody else can. You see everybody, even that lumberjack.

Your inner light is your brightest light.

Your inner light is your inner power.

Your inner light lights up your outer world.

Your most important resume will be the one you show everyone in life. Getting up to an alarm clock, to begin your day, is the first responsible thing to do, but only if you get up with an attitude to do right by yourself and the people around you.

Your value is defined by how much good you see in other people.

You see my point? The average person has a very average notion of goodness to which they aspire averagely. To aspire to goodness in any remarkable way would be ‘undemocratic’.

You’re the rose in a world full of thorns, and the rainbow at the end of a storm. You’re the light people crawl through darkness for. You’re the good that balances out all the bad.

You think good people can’t hate?” she asked. “You think good people don’t kill?

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

You will never know anyone more intimately than yourself. Love yourself and be good to yourself.

You will find two kinds of people in the world. Some say that there are the bad and the good. But it isn’t like that. Since what is good for one may be bad for another. No, that doesn’t work. You have to depend on your intuition. “There are those who make you feel inside as if you are drinking a good, warm soup – even if you are hungry and the two of you have nothing to eat. In spite of that they nourish you. “And then there are those who cause you to freeze inside, even if you are sitting before a roaring fire and have eaten your fill. Those you should keep away from. They are not good for you, even though others might say that they are good people…

Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.

Acts are right in virtue of the goodness of their consequences.

A charmed life old goodness hath; the tares may perish, but the grain is not for death.

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

A day in which you do goodness far away from the crowds is indeed a very good day!

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

All of the goodness in the world doesn't amount to a hill of beans without courage

A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.

A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.

A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.

All wholesome food is caught without a net or trap.

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.

A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.

An appeal to a goodness which is not in him is, to a vain and sensitive soul, a stinging insult.

And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended. [Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis, Plus insciens quis fecit quam prodens boni.]

All the goodness, beauty, and perfection of a human being belong to the one who knows how to recognize these qualities.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness.

And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone

As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.

A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Beauty, I believe, comes from God; therefore, there can be no beauty without goodness.

Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.

Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don't expect it to be easy or even noticed.

Believe in the immortality and everlasting effects of your goodness.

Believe in who you are, and trust in what you know is true. Your choices are reflections of the goodness within you.

Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather than be an oppressor. Be gentle rather than zealous. Lay hold of goodness, rather than justice.