Goodness Quotes

1767 Goodness quotes by 1077 unique authors

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Providence so orders the case, that faith and prayer come between our wants and supplies, and the goodness of God may be the more magnified… — John Flavel
And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness… — Arthur Balfour
Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man? Three treasures, love and light, And… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
More and more these days what I find myself doing in my stories is making a representation of goodness and a representation of evil and… — George Saunders
Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living. — Henry Van Dyke
Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. — Gautama Buddha
Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth. — Gautama Buddha
... Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me...Surely goodness and love… — Moses
The depressed don't simply need to feel better. They need a Redeemer who says, "Take heart, my son, my daughter; what you really need has… — Elyse Fitzpatrick
But look at the men who have those perverted notions about the grace of Jesus Christ which has come down to us, and see how… — Ignatius of Antioch
When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the… — Gautama Buddha
There are many doors to goodness. (Saying) 'glory to God,' 'praise be to God,' 'there is no deity but God,' enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing… — Muhammad
Unless it's out of the goodness of someone's heart, I don't like having things given to me for free. I like working hard for what… — Sasha Azevedo
Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather… — Isaac of Nineveh
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Oh, how great is the goodness of God, greater than we can understand. There are moments and there are mysteries of the divine mercy over… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity. — Gautama Buddha
Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don't expect it to be easy or even noticed. — Adyashanti
Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good use—of other things,… — Socrates
It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come… — Deborah Reber
We live in a friendly universe. At the heart of all things is goodness. We receive this goodness in the measure to which we cultivate… — Dada Vaswani
Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness. — Aaron Eckhart
Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not. — Arthur Miller
Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness. — Athenaeus

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