The Bible alone gives a true and faithful account of man. It does not flatter him as novels and romances do; it does not conceal his faults and exaggerate his goodness, it paints him just as he is.

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts

Let us watch against pride in every shape – pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride in our own goodness, pride in our own deserts. Nothing is so likely to keep a man out of heaven, and prevent him seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something, we shall never be saved.

God hath in Himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you, all righteousness to clothe you, all goodness to supply you, and all happiness to crown you

In employing fiction to make truth clear and goodness attractive, we are only following the example which every Christian ought to propose to himself

Beauty adds to goodness a relation to the cognitive faculty: so that “good” means that which simply pleases the appetite; while the “beautiful” is something pleasant to apprehend.

Now the maximum in any genus is the cause of all in that genus; as fire, which is the maximum heat, is the cause of all hot things. Therefore there must also be something which is to all beings the cause of their being, goodness, and every other perfection; and this we call God

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

My contrariness kept Char laughing, and his goodness kept me in love.

And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God

Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness

You don’t have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of the truth? All I want to do is do good.

For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can’t we convert our anger for the larger good of society?

All I have in this world is a place that’s mine, a few good friends and a few good lines, a couple pairs of shoes that I love that shine and I walk in peace.

On issues of race, on issues of goodness, baseball should lead the way

The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God, manifested in the creation towards all his creatures. Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man, and everything of cruelty to animals is a violation of moral duty

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness’ sake don’t do anything new

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.

A story is a story, and one may glean from it what one likes. Good sense need not enter into it.

Walk continually in the light of God. Meditate day and night upon His character. Then you will see His beauty and rejoice in His goodness. Your heart will glow with a sense of His love. You will be uplifted as if borne by everlasting arms. With the power and light that God imparts, you can comprehend more and accomplish more than you ever before deemed possible.

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Delusions are often functional. A mother’s opinions about her children’s beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.

Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.

Girl, I bet your momma named you good lookin’ ‘Cause you sure look good to me

Tell me what can I do to make it up to you? ‘Cause what we got’s too good to say goodbye

My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life

Of course it’s good when you win the Champions League, the league, the golden boot. But when you win something for your country it’s completely different.

I’m never going to go to Mars, but I’ve helped inspire, thank goodness, the people who built the rockets and sent our photographic equipment off to Mars.

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

The Infinite Goodness has such wide arms that it takes whatever turns to it.

Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you’ve got to take account of the fact that truth and lies and goodness and evil are things that matter.

We are each made for goodness, love, and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness.

Infinite goodness has such wide arms.

The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.

The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.

Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.

God made the world for the delight of human beings– if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we’ve waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day. As we remember and notice His love for us, we just begin to fall in love with Him because He is so busy with us — you just can’t resist Him. I believe there’s no such thing as luck in life, it’s God’s love, it’s His.

To see the positive reaction to my music makes me feel good

Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

The two primary moral questions. There are two sorts of problems concerning moral issues: where does good or bad action derive from? What makes an action bad or good

The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man

Discipline must conform to the nature of things in their suchness

Goodness had nothing to do with it.

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

Generally speaking, the good stuff comes in on Tuesday: the seafood is fresh, the supply of prepared food is new, and the chef, presumably, is relaxed after his day off

Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness

An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have, but that he – for some reason – thinks it would be a good idea to give them

Good things happen to those who hustle.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense

Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy

It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it

Be satisfied with what you have

Good things come in small packages

Everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves

Oh, that’s nice. That’s real nice. Good for you

I am a golden god

He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it.

It’s much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.