Good Will Quotes - Page 12

• No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things.

  Aristotle

  Desire, Doe, Good Things

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• A fish, which you can't see, deep down in the water, is a kind of symbol of peace on earth, good will to yourself. Fishing gives a man ... some time to collect his thoughts and reaarange them kind of neatly, in an orderly fashion. Once the bait is on the hook and the boat is anchored, there's nothing to interfere with thinking except an occasional bite

  Robert Ruark

  Fashion, Men, Thinking

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• Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties that subscribe to antimoral and antidemocratic and anti-God forces. We must have the courage to detach our support from men who are doing evil. We must bear them no hatred, but we must break with them.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Wisdom, Party, Men

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• Are there not thousands who have loved virtue who did not accept Jesus Christ in any supernatural or miraculous fashion, who, if they knew of him at all, knew of him only as the Nazarene peasant - the man Jesus. Such was Abraham Lincoln, the tender prophet of the gospel of good will upon earth.

  Jenkin Lloyd Jones

  Fashion, Jesus, Men

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• "Respecting" means concerning or with reference to. But it also means with respect~ that is "reverence," "good-will," "regard" to. Taking into account this richer meaning, the Establishment Clause, in banning laws that concern religion, especially prohibits those that pay homage to religion.

  John Paul Stevens

  Mean, Law, Atheism

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• When an American asks for the cooperation of his fellow citizens, it is seldom refused; and I have often seen it afforded spontaneously and with great good will.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Citizens, Cooperation, Asks

  Alexis De Tocqueville (2015). “Democracy in America: Book Two”, p.296, eKitap Projesi

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• Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

  C. S. Lewis

  Tyrants, Libertarian Party, Democracies Have

  C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.324, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• When the children had completed an absorbing bit of work, they appeared rested and deeply pleased. It almost seemed as if a road had opened up within their souls that led to all their latent powers, revealing the better part of themselves. They exhibited a great affability to everyone, put themselves out to help others and seemed full of good will.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Helping Others, Soul

  Maria Montessori (1970). “The child in the family”, Contemporary Books

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• Whenever an encounter between a writer of good will and a regular person of good will happens to touch on the subject of writing, each person discovers, dismayed, that good will is of no earthly use. The conversation cannot proceed.

  Annie Dillard

  Writing, Encounters, Use

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• True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It promotes both beauty in the man who possesses it, and happiness in those who are about him. It is a religious duty, and should be a part of religious training.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Religious, Kindness, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”

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• Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears.
  [Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]

  Plautus

  Gossip, Ears, Tongue

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• The head raised too high even in good will be struck off too soon.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Arrogance, Raised

  Pearl S. Buck (2013). “God's Men: A Novel”, p.237, Open Road Media

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• The familiarities of the gaming-table contribute very much to the decay of politeness ... The pouts and quarrels that naturally arise from disputes must put an end to all complaisance, or even good will towards one another.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Gambling, Decay, Tables

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• Solitude delighteth well to feed on many thoughts;
  There as thou sittest peaceful, communing with fancy,
  The precious poetry of life shall gild its leaden cares;
  There, as thou walkest by the sea beneath the gentle stars,
  Many kindling seeds of good will sprout within thy soul;
  Thou shalt weep in Solitude,--thou shalt pray in Solitude.
  Thou shalt sing for joy of heart, and praise the grace of Solitude.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Stars, Heart, Sea

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• By a kind of fashionable discipline, the eye is taught to brighten, the lip to smile, and the whole countenance to emanate with the semblance of friendly welcome, while the bosom is unwarmed by a single spark of genuine kindness and good-will.

  Washington Irving

  Kindness, Eye, Discipline

  Washington Irving (1897). “The Works of Washington Irving...: Illustrated”

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• it isn't mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Sick, Needs, Rooms

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (2010). “The Pearl of Orr's Island”, p.406, Applewood Books

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• The religion of Christ is peace and good-will,--the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will.

  Walter Savage Landor

  War, Ill Will, Religion

  Walter Savage Landor (1846). “Works: Indexes. Table of first lines. Imaginary conversations”, p.533

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• Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn.

  Socrates

  Secret, Tales, Thee

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• If we could learn how to utilize all the intelligence and patent good will children are born with, instead of ignoring much of it - why - there might be enough to go around! There might be enough to solve our alarming human problems, to put an end to poverty, to stop waging wars.

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  Children, War, Patents

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher “Vermont Tradition: The Biography of an Outlook on Life”

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• He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.

  Sappho

  Beauty, Looks, Goodness

  Sappho (1925). “The Poems of Sappho: With Historical & Critical Notes, Translations, and a Bibliography”

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• People who praise illness as bringing out the best in people ought to have their heads examined. Pain forces you to think about yourself, directs your interest to your own body and what is happening to it. You don't reach out benevolently, filled with good will for others. You don't seem to care enough. Pain makes you a little person, not a big one, and not a nice one, except perhaps in the case of saints, and I've never known one.

  Rae Foley

  Pain, Nice, Thinking

  Rae Foley (1976). “Put out the light”, Dodd Mead

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• No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

  Cornelius Nepos

  Government, People, Patriotism

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• ... our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.

  Julian of Norwich

  Joy, Desire, May

  Julian of Norwich (2013). “The Showings of Divine Love”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• God gave a law ... called justice. But they have made a law for themselves that is terrible and intricate, and they cannot escape it, for the evil will and the good will are caught alike in its meshes, and it is darkness to the eyes that see and a stumbling block to the feet that run. This law is called necessity.

  Jessie Sampter

  Running, Block, Eye

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• Don't pressure yourself. Don't worry about what others think you should do or what the societal "norm" is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the "good" will follow.

  Misha Collins

  Moving, Thinking, Worry

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