Goodness Quotes
1767 Goodness quotes by 1077 unique authors
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The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a…
— Thomas More
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To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.
— Pope Francis
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All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great…
— Plato
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Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.
— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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As the Holy Trinity, our God is One Being, although Three Persons, so, likewise, we ourselves must be one. As our God is indivisible, we…
— John of Kronstadt
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As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless in the beauty…
— Pope Leo I
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O God, do not leave me. I have done nothing good in Your sight, but according to Your goodness, let me now make a beginning…
— Arsenius the Great
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Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the insatiate be satisfied…
— Gregory of Nazianzus
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Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, for the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29). But only a few…
— John of Damascus
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Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up…
— Pope Dionysius
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Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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God lives, but not as we. His creatures live but to die. But God is life. Therefore, goodness is not an attribute. Goodness is God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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If you set out to meditate, it will not be meditation. If you set out to be good, goodness will never flower.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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If your body is crying out for a change, or crying out that it's unhappy, for goodness sake listen to it. Our bodies aren't machines…
— Simon McKeon
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Seated upon the convex mound Of one vast kidney, Jonah prays And sings his canticles and hymns, Making the hollow vault resound God's goodness and…
— Aldous Huxley
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God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.
— William Tyndale
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Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
— Martin Luther
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YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TO YOURSELF, BUT THE CAUSE OF GOODNESS IN OTHERS
— Socrates
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We all experience pain and suffering, but it is not the quintessential nature of life. Just because the earth turns away from the sun and…
— John Friend
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When God is our Holy Father, sovereignty, holiness, omniscience, and immutability do not terrify us; they leave us full of awe and gratitude. Sovereignty is…
— Ravi Zacharias
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Thankfulness to God is a recognition that God in His goodness and faithfulness has provided for us and cared for us, both physically and spiritually.…
— Jerry Bridges
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There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified.... All three were crucified for the same crime-the crime of extremism. Two were extremists…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.
— John Calvin
Who Wrote These Goodness Quotes
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