Quotes about Goodness

Not to be daily mortifying sin, is to sin against the goodness, kindness, wisdom, grace, and love of God, who hath furnished us with a principle of doing it.

The design of God was, that his word should be always read and used in that language which was commonly understood by them unto whom he granted the privilege thereof; nor could any of the ends of his wisdom and goodness in that merciful grant be otherwise attained.

The good ones develop give. In all the green world nothing feels as good as a woman's good nature.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith.

To be good is noble, but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of God, not by their intrinsical goodness, but by the reluctancy and opposition which they find in their hearts

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live death is nigh at hand while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.