Quotes about Goodness

Knowing God's love, knowing God's goodness, and learning to embrace those attributes of God prompt us to pray.

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.

God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.

In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

It is never wrong to do the right thing.

And when it comes to beauty - and goodness too - she lays over them all. I hain't ever seen her since that time that I see her go out of that door; no, I hain't ever seen her since, but I reckon I've thought of her a many and a many a million times, and of her saying she would pray for me; and if ever I'd a thought it would do any good for me to pray for her, blamed if I wouldn't a done it or bust.

To be good is noble. To tell other people how to be good is even nobler and much less trouble.

It made him feel a little uncomfortable sometimes when he reflected that the good little boys always died. He loved to live, you know, and this was the most unpleasant feature about being a Sunday-school-book boy. He knew it was not healthy to be good.

We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another. Our burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness is the guide that leads us through many troubles and mistakes to the peace which is a true Celestial City.