Quotes about Goodwill

Politeness and courtesy are a small price to pay for the goodwill of others.

In this we see clearly that the Apostle lays down this rule for a Christian life: that all our works should be directed to the advantage of others, since every Christian has such abundance through his faith that all his other works and his whole life remain over and above wherewith to serve and benefit his neighbour of spontaneous goodwill.

Politics had seemed to become, even well before the age of Trump, a mortal affair. It was now zero-sum: When one side profited, another lost. One side's victory was another's death. The old notion that politics was a trader's game, an understanding that somebody else had something you wanted—a vote, goodwill, old-fashioned patronage—and that in the end the only issue was cost, had gone out of fashion. Now it was a battle between good and evil.

and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.

May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

Grace be with all of you.

An army bringing news of peace! And not 'good will toward men,' as we often say, but 'peace among people of good will!'. Peace comes from knowing God.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.