Goodness Quotes

1767 Goodness quotes by 1077 unique authors

... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open… — David Hume
None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I'm rather pro-prostitution, I admire people who do it. It can't be much fun. Thank goodness for it. People need relief or they become murderers. — Karl Lagerfeld
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. — Max Lucado
You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a… — Neale Donald Walsch
If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new. — Jeff Bezos
These fellow-mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are: you can neither straighten their noses, nor brighten their wit, nor rectify their dispositions; and… — George Eliot
The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature… — Charles Perrault
Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness. — Nathaniel Parker Willis
Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all… — Herbert Newton Casson
Come to God for your healing. Don't hesitate. God, who is so full of goodness and supply, is always willing to bless, preserve, heal and… — Joseph Prince
I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people, who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the… — Pope Benedict XVI
In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those… — Jeff Miller
Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey. — Marcel Proust
What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has… — Saint John Chrysostom
The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most,… — Dante Alighieri
Oh! how amazing it is that people can talk so much about men's power and goodness, when if God did not hold us back every… — David Brainerd
When you see someone who is not as religious, remember that you were once on the edge of the fire, and it was Allah Subhaanahu… — Nouman Ali Khan
Must you continue to be your own cross? No matter which way God leads you, you change everything into bitterness by constantly brooding over everything.… — Jane Frances de Chantal
Geology has shared the fate of other infant sciences, in being for a while considered hostile to revealed religion; so like them, when fully understood,… — William Buckland
Our humanist community should be thinking more about demonstrating the fundamental truth that goodness requires neither God nor the belief in God by organizing together… — Rebecca Goldstein
Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness… — Charles Dickens
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness — Confucius
We do not need to achieve some minimum level or capacity or goodness before God will help - divine aid can be ours every hour… — D. Todd Christofferson

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