Oh, but I was an idiot. Wanting to be whatever magic she waited for, when I had no magic – only darkness or death to give. But it seemed in that one instant, when she...

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...

Be good.See good.Choose good.It’s a no-brainer.

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...

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

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...

I have a significant other and a large, immediate family. No children, thank goodness. And I have a 13-year-old kitty.

In modern times, beauty is more trusted than goodness.

He continues to be present in our minds and our hearts; he continues to communicate his love for God and his love for man, he continues to arouse in everyone, especially the young, enthusiasm for...

Perhaps there really is a good that exists; for a century of darkness to be eschewed by a single flame; for a decade of evil done to the heart to be undone by simple and...

Love your enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you and despitefully use you.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Flow with the go! If you want to experience the magnificence of the Universe in your life accept where you are, own it, take responsibility for it. Then release the old hurt, guilt, wrongs, mistakes...

Doing goodness, but doing goodness only is the best and the most superior religion of all the times!

Love mercy, love kindness.

Any action is good action; do what you can from where you are and build off of that action each day.

There is so much you don’t know about a person. I wonder if I could’ve made her days a little bit easier, if I’d tried. If I’d treated her a little nicer. Wasn’t that the...

There was good in people – deep down, there was always a shred of good.

The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

I’ve been a perfect lady my entire life, and somebody just tried to shoot me, anyway. Grandmother was wrong. Goodness is not its own reward.

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...

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.

During intellectual droughts one shower of good ideas can cause a flash-flood to wash away the roads your habits travel.

Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn’t have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.

If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.

Wherever there is abuse there is also corruption. Politics, philosophy, theology, science, industry, any field with the potential to affect the well-being of others can be destroyed by abuse and saved by good will.

The times might be unpleasant, repulsive. The ghastly chaos, the abhorrent uncivility might be intolerable, might force us into argument or leave us panic-stricken.On such occasions people build within themselves a conviction, that the world...

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how...

Kind words are sweet to the soul.

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.

si te olvidas de por qué haces lascosas te olvidarás de por qué debes hacerlas bien.

Salvation: to see each thing for what it is— its nature and its purpose.To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back.What else could it be but to live life...

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn...

Not all good things come from good people.

I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today — whatever that may be....

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...

Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.

i can’t prove this but i can’t prove you’re a good person though i suspect you’re a good person.

They may throw sticks, stones, or bricks, but nothing they do will hurt you. You are protected by God. He is forever got you covered and the enemy is defeated. Their hatred towards you is...

If they ever envision Goodness as a thing that exists outside them, some real thing they’ve been called to participate in by their actions, well then, we’re headed right back toward The Virtues.

If we had lost our own chief good, other people’s good would remain, and that is worth trying for.

God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as well as we can, we certainly will not submit to His...

We each have words for “love” in our languages. What would the world look like if we acted on that one word for humanity’s sake?

Our state of wellness determines our response to any situation. Never allow the busyness of life to distract you from taking care of your well being.

My plans for the future are to serve more and better, to worry less about the things that are unimportant, to let my wife and children know how much I love them, to openly support...

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Imagine that the keeper of a huge, strong beast notices what makes it angry, what it desires, how it has to be approached and handled, the circumstances and the conditions under which it becomes particularly...

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...

I swear to goodness. Patience is something I’ve learned the last month,