Quotes about Goodness

God is like us to this extent, that whatever in us is good is like God.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Good and productive labor is valuable, and it doesn't mean you have to have a fancy job description. You don't have to become rich. You can be ordinary. Happiness lies there. Do good work, create good work for others.

We must share his truth—to change our world. To make it a place filled with love rather than hate. With peace, rather than war. With mercy, rather than revenge. With holiness, rather than evil.

We do not do good works to get into heaven; we do good works because heaven has gotten to us.

God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.

People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.

In serving the poor, one serves humanity.In serving mankind, one serves equity.In serving goodness, one serves God.In serving the Creator, one serves himself.

Love has the mind of a sage, the heart of a saint, and the soul of an angel.

A good life is made by accumulating in the course of a lifetime everything that is really good and by wanting nothing that impedes or frustrates this effort.