Goodness Quotes
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She tended to be impatient with that sort of intellectual who, for all his brilliance, has never been able to arrive at the simple conclusion that to be reasonably happy you have to be reasonably good.
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I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.
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We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.
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Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.
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I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.
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The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.
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Henry Scoop Jackson of Washington state said: Others may seek to make America great again. I seek to make America good again. For in the last analysis, our claim to greatness will be found in our goodness.
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The goodness or badness, justice or injustice, of laws varies of necessity with the constitution of states. This, however, is clear, that the laws must be adapted to the constitutions. But if so, true forms of government will of necessity have just laws, and perverted forms of government will have unjust laws.
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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 friendship with the universe.
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God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.
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I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.
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We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists.
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And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.
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The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.
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The good displeases us when we are not up to it.
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Commanding goodness and forbiding to do evil (are) for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks.
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It is possible to be happy without having perfect health . . . Thank goodness my happiness doesn't come from my joints, but from my heart.
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The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.
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God made the world for the delight of human beings-- if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we've waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day. As we remember and notice His love for us, we just begin to fall in love with Him because He is so busy with us -- you just can't resist Him. I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, it's God's love, it's His.
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Goodness transcends badness.
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out.
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In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.
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There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.
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What's the meaning of goodness if there isn't a little badness to overcome?
