Goodness Quotes - Page 27

• I loved my friend for his gentleness, his candor, his good repute, his freedom even from my own livelier manner, his calm and reasonable kindness. It was not any particular talent that attracted me to him, or i anything striking whatsoever. I should say in one word, it was his goodness.

  Leigh Hunt

  Kindness, Real, Calm

  Leigh Hunt (1850). “The Autobiography ... with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries”, p.98

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• To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
  Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown;
  But where there is true friendship, there needs none.

  William Shakespeare

  Sorry, True Friend, Real

  William Shakespeare (2011). “Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens: Two Classical Plays”, p.156, Palgrave Macmillan

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• Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Kids, Diversity, Tolerance

  Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

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• As I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best - what we call goodness or virtue - involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless selfassertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect , but shall help his fellows. It repudiates the gladiatorial theory of existence. Laws and moral precepts are directed to the end of curbing the cosmic process.

  Thomas Huxley

  Struggle, Science, Self

  "Evolution And Ethics".

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• The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Gratitude, Business, Believe

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• We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Rain, Eye, Wine

  Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (1856). “The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author”, p.226

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• I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it's art or music or clothing or food and all the rest. And I'd like to add a little to that goodness.

  Daniel Dennett

  Atheist, Art, Atheism

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• Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.

  Laozi

  Humility, Strive, Strife

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• True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

  Confucius

  Spring, Heart, Men

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• Who sings of all of Love's eternity
  Who shines so bright
  In all the songs of Love's unending spells?
  Holy lightning strikes all that's evil
  Teaching us to love for goodness sake.
  Hear the music of Love Eternal
  Teaching us to reach for goodness sake.

  Jon Anderson

  Life, Song, Teaching

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• In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again: and in him, too, once more, and of each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life; toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terror, and of God.

  James Agee

  Life, Peace, Children

  James Agee, Walker Evans (2001). “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families”, p.255, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I will see beauty and goodness in all things. From all that is unlovely shall my vision be immune.

  Walter Russell

  Love, Secret, Vision

  "The Man who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe". Book by Glenn Clark, 1946.

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• Jesus was never worried or perplexed. He was calmly and completely in control of every situation. He never doubted that His Father's goodness would provide everything He needed. And the Father never failed Him.

  Derek Prince

  Jesus, Father, Healing

  Derek Prince (2008). “Declaring Gods Word”, Whitaker House

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• Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough to need no grace, goodness enough to need no progress, humility enough to need no repentance, devotion enough to need no quickening, strength sufficient without Your spirit; lest, standing still, I fall back for evermore.

  Eric Milner-White

  Fall, Teaching, Humility

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• Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is our innate moral goodness, compassion, and pity which, when liberated, lead us to value all forms of life. It is obvious, then, that willfully to take life, or through the eating of meat indirectly to cause others to kill, runs counter to the deepest instincts of human beings.

  Philip Kapleau

  Running, Buddhist, Animal

  Philip Kapleau (1982). “To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian”, Harper San Francisco

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• Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

  Frederick William Faber

  Life, Motivational, Opportunity

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• In order to get the power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness, but with qualities which are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, cruelty.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Pride, Order, Opposites

  "The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy".

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• God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness and perfection exceed our infirmities and evil.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Children, Evil

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.104, CCEL

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• Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His people.

  Arthur W. Pink

  Prayer, Communication, Mean

  Arthur W. Pink (2008). “Sovereignty of God”, p.213, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Jesus, Christ, Truth Love

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.99, Beacon Press

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• Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.

  William Wilberforce

  Flower, Lovely

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• Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage...true success follows every right step.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Success, Congratulations, Struggle

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• We have to love our freedom, not just for the private opportunities it provides, but for the goodness it makes possible.

  John McCain

  Patriotic, Opportunity

  John McCain's commencement address to the graduating class at Liberty University, www.c-span.org. May 13, 2006.

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• I couldn't care less who I'm paired with. There's nobody I've ever played better or worse with, thank goodness. You don't want any factor to be outside your control. What if Arnie's Army had bothered me? What id I'd said, "Oh geez, I'm paired with Palmer," I'd never had beaten him.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Army, What If

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• An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of the associations; and, second, on their number.

  William James

  Memories, Philosophy, Educational

  William James (2008). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.96, Nuvision Pubns

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