Goodness Quotes - Page 32

• The depressed don't simply need to feel better. They need a Redeemer who says, "Take heart, my son, my daughter; what you really need has been supplied. Life no longer need be about your goodness, success, righteousness, or failure. I've given you something infinitely more valuable than good feelings: your sins are forgiven."

  Elyse Fitzpatrick

  Depression, Daughter, Heart

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• When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.

  Gautama Buddha

  Insults You, Evil, Meditation

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• There are many doors to goodness. (Saying) 'glory to God,' 'praise be to God,' 'there is no deity but God,' enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, listening to the deaf (until you understand them), leading the blind, guiding one to the object of his need, hurrying with the strength of one's legs to one in sorrow who is asking for help, and supporting the weak with the strength of one's arms - all of these are (forms of) charity prescribed for you.

  Muhammad

  Positive, Asking For Help, Doors

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• Unless it's out of the goodness of someone's heart, I don't like having things given to me for free. I like working hard for what I earn. It gives me a sense of gratitude, and that's the only way I can truly appreciate it.

  Sasha Azevedo

  Gratitude, Heart, Appreciate

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• Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather than be an oppressor. Be gentle rather than zealous. Lay hold of goodness, rather than justice.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Spiritual, Justice, Zealous

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• Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become slight for him.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Believe

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• Oh, how great is the goodness of God, greater than we can understand. There are moments and there are mysteries of the divine mercy over which the heavens are astounded. Let our judgment of souls cease, for God's mercy upon them is extraordinary.

  Mary Faustina Kowalska

  Faith, Inspiration, Heaven

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• It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come on - you're out there running, for goodness sake. You're to be taken seriously.

  Deborah Reber

  Running, Taken, Mean

  Deborah Reber (2005). “Run for Your Life: A Book for Beginning Women Runners”, p.31, iUniverse

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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.

  Dada Vaswani

  Heart, Friendly, All Things

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• Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.

  Aaron Eckhart

  People, Giving, Littles

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• Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.

  Arthur Miller

  Judging, Looks, Sometimes

  Arthur Miller (1953). “The Crucible”, p.30, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: 'My goodness. It's a miracle that's going on here. What could the human race do together?'

  David Miliband

  Optimistic, Son, Thinking

  Interview with Vincent Moss, www.mirror.co.uk. August 29, 2010.

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• Thank goodness I had a great family growing up, a great foundation. But I will say my faith, my parents, my family, all that stuff is very, very important. And I'll say that until the day I die.

  Donny Osmond

  Growing Up, Parent, Important

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• Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

  E. M. Forster

  Evil, Literature

  E. M. Forster (1987). “Commonplace Book”, p.18, Stanford University Press

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• In the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised.

  Edward Bond

  Past, Literature, Collectives

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• It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story and all kinds of sonic goodness.

  Frank Ocean

  Writing, Next Steps, Stories

  "Frank Ocean Says Debut Album Will 'Define' Him". www.mtv.com. January 6, 2012.

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• Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.

  Harry Browne

  Country, Religious, Unique

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• There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.

  Herman Melville

  Sorrow, Literature, World

  Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.2852, Delphi Classics

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• My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

  Jim Ramstad

  Loss, Greatness, Men

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• As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I
  have a few friends that are married and are starting to have kids and I'm like,
  'Oh my goodness gracious — that's so insane.' I also have friends who are just doing their own thing which
  is cool.

  Jordin Sparks

  Moving, Kids, People

  "Jordin Sparks Shares Her Secrets!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. June 25, 2010.

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• I would never describe Charlotte as a prude. Maybe at the start, but that was in comparison to the other girls. She wasn't willing to do the stuff they were doing and I mean, thank goodness!

  Kristin Davis

  Girl, Mean, Prudes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Thank goodness I've saved my money.

  Kyle Chandler

  Saved

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Kindness, Believe, Simple

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• I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected.

  Louise Brown

  Book, Fiction Novels, Perfect

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• I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.

  Mark Hyman, M.D.

  Real, Taken, Needs

  FaceBook post by Mark Hyman, MD from May 22, 2012

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