Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be loved.

Benevolence is often very peremptory.

One day you will tell me how to change what I cannot yet describe without my words swelling HUGE, vowels vanishing, tears washing ink away.

I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.

The fifth gift is Hope. Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life.

Everybody is Beautiful and Unique in Their Own Special Way, Beauty goes Beyond the Outer Appearance. I think it’s More Important to have a Beautiful Mind. Stop Comparing Yourselves Amongst Yourselves. Nobody is like You and Never will be You. Stop being Jealous of Others. Stop Hating on Others. Appreciate your Qualities and Characteristics.

God works through people by stirring their hearts and sometimes people never know how they are helping others.

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.

How good life is when one does something good and just!

Non-attachment grounded in faith allows good to return to you.

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?’ ‘You wouldn’t want to. That’s what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.

I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports, and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage, alleviates stress, and elevates empathy.

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.

Mais ta beauté est si singulière, c’est une bonté ouverte où chacun peut se servir autant que ses mains le lui permettent, elle est si grande, infiniment grande ta bonté, mais pardonne-moi- elle est indolente.

Thank goodness we don’t live in medieval times, when people fought wars over ideas.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

What a lovely thing a rose is!”He walked past the couch to the open window and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest...

Any good is good enough.

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.

Living appears good, long, and tiresome, but it is way too short than a single stroke of lightning.

Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and...

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

The goodness you receive from God is a treasure for you to share with others.

In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!

Good deeds are permanent footprints.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

If Captain Jean-Luc Picard asked you to serve him aboard the starship Enterprise, you’d likely be happy to. You would recognise him as a great leader and a good man, and so you wouldn’t have any problem following his orders. This is basically the relationship God wants with us – not slaves, not pets, not...

It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost.

There really is power in numbers. In today’s society one has to understand the true power of word of mouth. It’s true that the new tastemakers are us.

Life wants each of us to live on the ‘A Team’ – Wider, ever more intense Acceptance of good in our lives. Wider, ever more intense Awareness of good in our lives. Wider, ever more intense Action for good in our lives.

All religions are good ‘in principle’ – but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.

Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.

Thank goodness I got another chance, … Obviously, I wanted to redeem myself.

There is no respect between the souls of two individuals if their minds can’t trust each other and there is no trust between them if their hearts can’t accept the truth of each other.

A Muslim must not hate his wife and if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with another that is good.

It’s a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.

There is one type of gambling which should always be encouraged. It is betting on goodness. When a person has wronged you, be good to him. If he adds insult to injury, double the bet. And keep on doubling it. You will surely win!

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

Thank goodness the system worked like it was supposed to. The sprinklers came on and contained it to a very limited area. It could have been a lot worse.

Everybody’s got the seam of goodness in them, Kit,” said Grandpa. “Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

Often times, the world looks at Christians and they are quick to criticize the ways we fall short. That is not God’s fault. That is each Christian’s fault, for not cultivating the fruit of the Spirit in their own soul. As Christians we all have a responsibility to ensure that we are always growing in...

It made her want to stand up next to him and fight. Fight to stay alive long enough to live out her life next to him. Fight for the only thing she knew that was good enough, noble enough, powerful enough to be, worth risking everything.Love.

When chasing success; Your greatest asset is not what you get from it but who you become because of it.

I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don’t imagine that it’s there; it’s there waiting to be noticed.

Both God and goodness are structured upon a foundation which solicits the essentials of higher level logic – a part of holy-istic culture.

for that men have been good does not suffice for them to continue being good, unless one cares about it to the end.

Is it a small thing to quench the flames of hell with the holy tears of pity — to unbind the martyr from the stake — break all the chains — put out the fires of civil war — stay the sword of the fanatic, and tear the bloody hands of the Church from the...

Thank goodness we have Andy [Roddick] on the team,