Affliction Quote by Matthew Henry

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life,…

— Ben Jonson

A good man: body serves his will and enjoys hard work, clear intellect that understands the truths of nature, full of passion for life…

— Thomas Huxley

A good man not only forbears those gratifications which are forbidden by reason and religion, but even restrains himself in unforbidden instances.

— Francis Atterbury

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

— Thomas a Kempis

Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a…

— Anthony Burgess

“A good man is not a perfect man; a good man is an honest man, faithful and unhesitatingly responsive to the voice of God…

— John Fisher

A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

— William Shenstone

“Now he understood that a man never knows for whom he suffers and hopes. He suffers and hopes and toils for people he will…

— Alejo Carpentier

A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.

— Sallust

For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such…

— Plato

Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.

— Brother Lawrence

A good man will extend his munificence to the industrious poor of all persuasions reduced by age, infirmity, or accident; to thosewho labour under…

— Samuel Richardson