Goodness Quotes - Page 2

• I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.

  Denzel Washington

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Man is born for deeds of kindness.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Kindness, Men, Deeds

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• Goodness and love mould the form into their own image, and cause the joy and beauty of love to shine forth from every part of the face.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Shining, Joy, And Love

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• Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.

  Roy Baumeister

  Running, Animal, Discipline

  "Why willpower matters – and how to get it" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2012.

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• To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

  Lying, World, Height

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• No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Long, Literature, Demand

  Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley (1948). “Parables for the theatre: The good woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian chalk circle”

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• The best things in life are free

  Luther Vandross

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Song: The Best Things in Life Are Free

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• That which is good to be done, cannot be done too soon; and if it is neglected to be done early, it will frequently happen that it will not be done at all.

  Richard Mant

  Done, Neglected, Happens

  RICHARD MANT (1815). “SERMONS, FOR PAROCHIAL AND DOMESTIC USE”, p.285

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• Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.

  C. S. Lewis

  Evil, Catholic, Way

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.50, HarperCollins UK

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• When good men die their goodness does not perish, But lives though they are gone. As for the bad, All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.

  Euripides

  Character, Men, Good Man

  "Temenidae". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.

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• Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Kindness, Fate

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• Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled". Book by Marion Morris, 1917.

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• Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

  Pablo Casals

  Courage, Peace, Kindness

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

  Confucius

  Heart, Men, Thinking

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Truth

  Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.1071, Vintage

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• I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.
  But there are much worse games to play.

  Suzanne Collins

  Morning, Taken, Years

  "Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2010.

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• The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Thank You

  Dalai Lama (1994). “The Path to Enlightenment”, p.105, Shambhala

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• Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Power, Greatness, Flames

  Misattributed to Tocqueville. "The Tocqueville Fraud" by John Pitney, www.weeklystandard.com. November 12, 1995.

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• The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God.

  Pope John Paul II

  Serenity, Magnificence, Speak

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• On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

  George Orwell

  Wisdom, Time, Funny Life

  1942 'The Art of Donald McGill'.

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• Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

  William Shakespeare

  Risk, Bold Actions, Virtue

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. [214]

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• There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Odor, Corruption, Arise

  1854 Walden, or Life in the Woods,'Economy'.

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• Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system.

  Pope Francis

  Economic Inequality, Justice, People

  "The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium". Book by Pope Francis, w2.vatican.va. November 26, 2013.

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• How goodness heightens beauty!

  Milan Kundera

  Beauty, Body Image

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• Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Mean, Greatness, Ends

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1867). “The Friend: a series of essays ... First American, from the second London edition”, p.348

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