Goodness Quotes

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A good man's life is all of a piece.

— Benjamin Whichcote

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whew! Goodness gracioius!

— Anonymous

“A good intention feeds no one.”

— Bobby Darnell

“Goodness is whatever you're not.”

— Hannah F. Whitten

“To choose love is to reject hate.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Beauty is no guarantee of goodness.”

— Claudia Gray

If you want others to accept you. Try to change the bad to good.

— Anonymous

It is more shameful to deny fear then it is to run from danger.

— Jake

“Evil surrounding can destroy a Good soul.”

— Udayveer Singh

There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

— Harper Lee

A mind planning evil has more troubles than a mind planning good.

— Terry Mark

Taste goodness before you recommend it.

— Chinmayananda Saraswati

To be good with people is not a favor, but a responsibility.

— Tasneem Hameed

I always slap myself when I do something wrong it always reminded me to do good things.

— Sarfraz

Goodness is a process of becoming, not of being. What we do over and over again is what we become in the…

— Joan D. Chittister

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

— Lailah Gifty Akita

We don't have stomachs for the things of this world because we have feasted on the goodness of our God.

— David Platt

A NICE PERSON is like the wind You'll never know whats inside their hearts but YOU will always feel their presence and…

— Anonymous

Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Let us watch against PRIDE in every shapepride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride in our own goodness.

— J. C. Ryle

Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

— John Calvin

Talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of distinction. To these the Almighty has affixed His everlasting patent of nobility. Knowledge…

— Catharine Sedgwick

In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to…

— Leo Tolstoy

I have no skills! I can't speak French, I can't ski, I can't play the guitar... I can barely log on to…

— Elin Hilderbrand

The demands of Jesus are difficult just because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time he asks us…

— Albert Schweitzer

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to…

— Aristotle

“Oh, child, there's no explainin' the meanness in this world." Armetta shakes her head, wipes wetness off her cheek, then cradles my…

— Susan Carol McCarthy

Up until today evil has lured goodness into evil, but goodness has not been able to lure evil into goodness. This may…

— Sun Myung Moon

Always run after opportunities to create peace between people, to find ways to bridge differences, please. Because as long as one person…

— Yehuda Berg

As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless…

— Pope Leo I

Remind yourself, in whatever way is personally meaningful, that it is not in your best interest to reinforce thoughts and feelings of…

— Pema Chodron

“We believe some people are more special, more beautiful, more capable, more influential, more intelligent, more gifted, and have a greater capacity…

— John Lewis

Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is…

— J. C. Ryle

“In the Orthodox ecclesial experience and tradition a sacrament is understood primarily as a revelation of the genuine nature of creation, of…

— Alexander Schmemann

Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce…

— P. G. Wodehouse

“ Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men…

— Clarence Darrow

“Mackenzie, I am what some would say ‘holy, and wholly other than you.’ The problem is that many folks try to grasp…

— William P. Young