God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
I believe Jesus was right, Buddha was right, and all of those people like that are right. They're all saying the same… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“I know that people can be better than they are. We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
Fate is a shape-shifter. It is the kindest and most generous entity imaginable, laying out more goodness than a person deserves, and… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it.… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Lo! ye believers in gods all goodness, and in man all ill, lo you! see the omniscient gods oblivious of suffering man;… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The hours and days you spend being annoyed or frustrated are times when you deny yourself access to life's best possibilities. When… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
“the "small goodness" from one person to his fellowman is lost and deformed as soon as it seeks organization and universality and… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
Even the sober desire for progress is sustained by faith—faith in the intrinsic goodness of human nature and in the omnipotence of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I honor my importance and the importance of others. None of us is dispensable, none of us is replacable. In the chorus… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Goodness has no opposite. Most of us consider goodness as the opposite of the bad or evil and so throughout history in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think with great affection and deep gratitude of my venerable predecessor, Benedict XVI, who during these years of his pontificate has… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value.… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I know whether or not I am confused most readily by noticing--being mindful of--my capacity for feeling caring concern. ... when I… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Children usually learn more from the examples set by their elders than from what they are told;… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The good of our present state is merely comparative, and the evil which every man feels will be sufficient to disturb and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more. Wisdom and goodness they are God!--what schools… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
That's the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up… — Carmen Cusack Copy Share Image
“Everybody's good when they're good, darling. You don't judge a person by that. It's how they act when things aren't good that… — Megan Jacobson Copy Share Image
In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nobody scarce doth any good, yet they all agree in praising those who do. Indeed, it is strange that all men should… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
It's obvious that there are vast variety of consequentialist views, depending on what we think goodness consists in, what our notion of… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Your life is something opaque, not transparent, as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way. But if you… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
People of our time are so formed for agitation and ostentation that goodness, moderation, equability, constancy, and such quiet and obscure qualities… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“There is so much you don’t know about a person. I wonder if I could’ve made her days a little bit easier,… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
The more they requite your love and kindness with a negative response, the fonder your heart will be. Because you see only… — Mehdi Guichi Copy Share Image
I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in… — Bobby Thomson Copy Share Image
Anybody is liable to rheumatism in her legs, Anne. It's only old people who should have rheumatism in their souls, though. Thanks… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I did The Fifth Element [1997], it was like, "Oh my goodness, who is this character?" I loved doing Resident Evil,… — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is more of… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
I have a list of universal beliefs, and they are amazing beliefs, like, "No one cares" or "You don't care about me";… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“I am so tired of waiting. Aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of trial and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image