John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes About Goodness

Quotes about: Goodness

• Somewhat of goodness, something true
  From sun and spirit shining through
  All faiths, all worlds, as through the dark
  Of ocean shines the lighthouse spark,
  Attests the presence everywhere
  Of love and providential care.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Ocean, Dark, Shining

  John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.346

• What is good looking, as Horace Smith remarks, but looking good? Be good, be womanly, be gentle,-generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not lack kind words of admiration.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Admiration, Kind, Looking Good

  John Greenleaf Whittier (1845). “The Stranger in Lowell”, p.113

• A charmed life old goodness hath; the tares may perish, but the grain is not for death.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  May, Goodness, Grain

  John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.99

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