Goodness Quotes - Page 8

There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.

Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.

Goodness, Truth and Beauty come first

If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.

Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses.

How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her.

...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.

God is waiting to satisfy us, yet His goodness will not satisfy us if we are already full of other things.

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.

The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

For if good were not praised more than ill, None would chuse goodness of his own free will.

The goodness of your true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.

I can't think of a greater single vehicle to goodness and a better world than if everyone battled their own natures

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness.” - Jem Carstairs

I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us.

Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day.

What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!