Quotes about Goodness
What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?
- CS Lewis
We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.
- Erwin McManus
Our God is so wonderfully good, and lovely, and blessed in every way that the mere fact of belonging to Him is enough for an untellable fullness of joy!
- Hannah Whitall Smith
It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.
- John Calvin
God is not merely good, but goodness; goodness is not merely divine, but God.
- CS Lewis
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
- GK Chesterton
God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.
- Desmond Tutu
Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.
- John Wooden
As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit.
- AW Tozer
Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
- Martin Luther