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.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

God wants to rescue us, not destroy us. You don’t have to be afraid of being happy, thinking that he wants to take that happiness away from you That’s not who he is.” “How can you be sure?” “Because when you’ve had a taste of goodness, it helps you recognize the difference between good and...

Some boys walk by and you cry, seeing them. They feel good, they look good, they are good. Oh, they’re not above peeing off a bridge, or stealing an occasional dime-store pencil sharpener; it’s not that. It’s just, you know, seeing them pass, that’s how they’ll be all their life; they’ll get hit, hurt, cut,...

My husband, Andrius, says that evil will rule until good men or women choose to act. I believe him. This testimony was written to create an absolute record, to speak in a world where our voices have been extinguished. These writing may shock or horrify you, but that is not my intention. It is my...

While friends are there to motivate us and keep us pleased. Our enemies are there to annoy us, which makes us work harder to beat them.

Stories of absurd events in life get my creative juices flowing and have so far given birth to some of my best ideas.

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.

Perhaps, if you weren’t so busy regarding my shortcomings, you’d find that I do possess redeeming qualities, discreet as they may be. I notice when the sky is blue. I smile down at children. I laugh at any innocent attempt at humor. I quietly carry the burdens of others as though they were my own....

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.

I believe life is an education meant to teach us the need to be better people. And I believe this learning often takes place through trial and error which may mean being an awful person at times before clearly seeing and grasping the necessity to improve. If you don’t agree with me, just ask Mr....

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Life isn’t all grand, but it isn’t all miserable either. There’s both sweet and sour in every day. So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what’s beautiful? Concentrate on the good.

During any experience placed before us, we can stay in alignment with positivity, truth, and goodness by asking the question: What would honor and love do here?

If you are ever in doubt about which way you should travel, make a choice that contains the essence of goodness and love and then go in that direction. This way, you can have absolute faith that you made the right decision.

Semua yang diciptakan tentu selalu ada tujuannya. Tapi tentu saja terkadang engkau boleh memilih. Kalau engkau tak ingin kelebihan yang diberikan kepadamu, tentu engkau bisa.. mengabaikannya, bukan?””Mengabaikan?””Ya, anggap saja engkau tak pernah punya kelebihan itu. Berlakulah seperti orang biasa.

Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile;Filths savour but themselves…

Try not to be a man or woman of success, but rather a man or woman of inspiration. If you’re successful, they will flock to you for money or fame, but if you’re inspirational, they will flock to you because they love your soul and how you change theirs.

Don’t look for the ninety percent of the darkness in a person’s soul. Look for the ten percent of light they have left, then lend them yours because light was meant to be shared.

Acceptance is to love and embrace everything that we find within ourselves and others as a mother embraces her child. If there is a quality in another that is not to our liking, loving acceptance embraces the desire to perpetuate the highest purposeful good for all and aligns both on a path of Divine Light...

Store good words in your heart, and you will be always and everywhere finding yourself to be in goodness. Loyalty and kindness will always be with you. Paint your good words in the blue canvas of day, and in the starry canvas of night. In this way, you will always be with reminding yourself of...

If you are only good to your loved ones, it doesn’t make you a good person.

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

I mind how I said to you once that there is a price for being good the same as for being bad; a cost to pay. And it’s the good men that cant deny the bill when it comes around. They cant deny it for the reason that there aint any way to make them...

Even in hardship, God’s goodness prevails.

Happiness and goodness, according to canting moralists, stand in the relation of effect and cause. There was never anything less proved or less probable: our happiness is never in our own hands; we inherit our constitution; we stand buffet among friends and enemies; we may be so built as to feel a sneer or an...

All of these are like sparks in the midnight sky, shedding their light on a world where even a flicker of hope shines like a beacon, illuminating the seas of darkness.

Men learn wisdom from their sins, not from their righteous deeds.

It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your...

You’ve a good heart. Sometimes that’s enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it’s not.

This was an honest-to-goodness better-than-expected report. There were no special factors in it that made it look artificially strong. The report also indicates that consumer fatigue may not be as severe as we had previously thought.

Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

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...

Give joy, smiles, happiness, goodness and kindness to every person you meet.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

Everyone will say I’m insane, but I don’t care, Rose. Is it insane to marry the girl I love? A girl with golden brown hair, with gifts of beauty and goodness and storytelling?

People forget to understand your goodness, teach them something new.

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

You must know that with a good heart you can never be a poor person! And you must also know that with a bad heart it is impossible to be a rich person! Goodness enriches; badness impoverishes!

The goodness you do might fail; but keep doing it, because the real failure is never doing goodness!

It is the good children, Madame, who make the most terrible revolutionaries. They say nothing, they do not hide under the table, they eat only one sweet at a time, but later on, they make Society pay dearly for it!

Doing goodness is good only when you don’t expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking!

The goodness you do when you are very happy is not as valuable as the goodness you do when you are very unhappy!

The priceless gifts (life, love, joy, goodness, family, nature) are freely given by the Creator.

In the morning when I wake up, my first thoughts are on God. I am always thankful for safe sleep and the grace to wake up to see the light of a new day.

Kind words are sweet to the soul.

If you have the grace to hug someone, never miss this sacred moment.

There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may...