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title: "11 Seeking Good Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [“Love is seeking the good and being the good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-goros/love-is-seeking-the-good-and-being-the-good/)

[Erica Goros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-goros/)

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> [Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/seeking-the-good-is-not-primarily-about-rules-and-commandments/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

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> [Find your focus by seeking all that is good in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorii-myers/find-your-focus-by-seeking-all-that-is-good-in-your-life/)

[Lorii Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorii-myers/)

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> [In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/in-the-family-happiness-is-in-the-ratio-in-which-each-is-serving-the/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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> [“One question haunts and hurts Too much, too much to mention: Was I really seeking good Or just seeking attention? Is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idina-menzel/one-question-haunts-and-hurts-too-much-too-much-to-mention-was-i/)

[Idina Menzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idina-menzel/)

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> [Those who only seek friends without seeking to be a good friend are selfishly needy and demanding. And those who only want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-driscoll/those-who-only-seek-friends-without-seeking-to-be-a-good-friend-are/)

[Mark Driscoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-driscoll/)

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> [The good life for man is the life spent in seeking for the good life for man, and the virtues necessary for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alasdair-macintyre/the-good-life-for-man-is-the-life-spent-in-seeking-for-the-good-life/)

[Alasdair MacIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alasdair-macintyre/)

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> [Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boethius/good-men-seek-it-by-the-natural-means-of-the-virtues-evil-men-however/)

[Boethius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boethius/)

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> [The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-baker-eddy/the-rich-in-spirit-help-the-poor-in-one-grand-brotherhood-all-having/)

[Mary Baker Eddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-baker-eddy/)

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> [“I think something innate in us understands that seeking the good of society is usually best for the individual as well. Humankind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/i-think-something-innate-in-us-understands-that-seeking-the-good-of/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

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> [A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/a-new-generation-of-christians-is-being-called-to-help-build-a-world/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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