Quotes about Goodness
The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.
- Pope Benedict XVI
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.
- John Owen
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
- CS Lewis
It's better to gather in righteousness than fellowship with darkness.
- Bishop TD Jakes
life isn't always just. But God, who sees everything, is. And He will bring good from it.
- Tamera Alexander
The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
- Martin Luther
The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.
- Aristotle
How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men.
- John Knox
Evangelion (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word and signifieth good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that maketh a man's heart glad and maketh him sing, dance, and leap for joy.
- William Tyndale
Good moral character is the first essential in a man.
- George Washington
A man cannot do good before he is made good.
- Martin Luther
Men are only as great as they are kind.
- Elbert Hubbard