Quotes about Goodness
Christ came into the world to save sinners, not good people, and your unworthiness is your greatest claim for His salvation.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
It is not because things are good that we are to thank the Lord, but because He is good.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.
— Pope Francis
Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.
— Samuel Rutherford
Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father's active goodness and unrestricted love.
— Brennan Manning
We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.
— Nelson Mandela
God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.
— Charles Spurgeon
We need a childlike trust that God is good... ultimately we are OK. That is a simple, beautiful pure thing that can be complicated ferociously by all sorts of intellectual categories.
— Rob Bell
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
— Francis de Sales
Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to the truth.
— Robert Barron