Quotes on “goodness”

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

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

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.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.

I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit", he's up!

Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people.

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

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

Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.

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

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.