Goodness Quotes

1767 Goodness quotes by 1077 unique authors

Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as… — Pope John XXIII
The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips. — Albert Schweitzer
God is good but not safe, and the urge for safe art is often a worldly temptation away from goodness. — Kenneth Myers
Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness. — Martin Luther
I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers. — Veronica Roth
The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, to drink, and sleep; to be exposed to darkness and the light; to pace around… — James Martineau
Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not… — William Arthur Ward
Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow. — Sappho
... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and actually become bad… — Aristotle
If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward;… — Immanuel Kant
When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation...nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately… — Albert Schweitzer
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness. — Christian Nestell Bovee
We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with any of us. But I… — Claire Messud
Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to avoid… — M. Scott Peck
For complex reasons, our culture allows "economy" to mean only "money economy." It equates success and even goodness with monetary profit because it lacks any… — Wendell Berry
She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples, to make… — Willa Cather
The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and… — Pope John Paul II
As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Christ is no Moses, no exactor, no giver of laws, but a giver of grace, a Savior; he is infinite mercy and goodness, freely and… — Martin Luther
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice… — Pope Francis
May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much faith: "If we… — Richard L. Evans
Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.… — Pope Francis
Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on… — St. Catherine of Siena

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