Goodness Quotes
The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made.
Donald G. Mitchell
'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name, do you want?' 'Goodness,' is the answer.
Konrad Lorenz
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
Chanakya
It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.
Aldous Huxley
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue.
William Law
Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.
Aaron Eckhart
When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world.
Islom Karimov
I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at all.
Nigel Dennis
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
Walter Savage Landor
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.
Matthew Henry
Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.
Cesare Lombroso
More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago.
Edwidge Danticat
If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit.
Charles Stanley
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 in the world.
Charles Perrault
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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 then having those two run at each other full-speed, like a couple of PeeWee football players, to see what happens. Who stays standing? Whose helmet goes flying off?
George Saunders
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.
John Updike
Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.
Samuel Butler
Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.
Lin Yutang
For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.
Thomas Mann
I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.
Grover Cleveland