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Goodness Quotes
"Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of bestowing and have their value in the feeling of the plenitude of life."
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"I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us."
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"Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not."
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"Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation."
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"Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows."
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"My goodness, everyone is planting grapes, even a neighbor with only five acres."
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"When we see goodness in everything and everyone, we become good."
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"As you act with more control, compassion, and love, the lives of those around you improve. When you let yourself find happiness, your friends, family, and acquaintances will begin to find their happiness too."
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"I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us."
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"Any good is good enough."
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"Do all the good you can while you still have the opportunity."
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"Oh goodness infinite, goodness immense!That all this good of evil shall produce,And evil turn to good; more wonderfulThan that which by creation first brought forthLight out of darkness! Full of doubt I stand,Whether I should repent me now of sinBy me done, and occasioned; or rejoiceMuch more, that much more good thereof shall spring;To God more glory, more good-will to menFrom God, and over wrath grace shall abound."
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"Stop looking at people's religions. Try to look at the goodness within them."
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"Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them."
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"Every good deed is acceptable goodness."
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"When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone."
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"I like Kindness it's something the Government can't tax and it's free to give away that will return to you some day."
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"If there is any solace to be found in the carnage of September 11th, may I find it in understanding that the potential to do great good can handily rival the tendency to carry out great evil. And out of that understanding may I commit in my own life to make certain that in such a critical rivalry I will ensure that towers will never fall because of me, but people will be raised up due to me."
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"We hunger after the sweet nectar of happiness without understanding that it is harvested from the flowering field of good deeds."
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"It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers."
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"Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time."
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"I believe that to be kept from evil is better than to be healed from sickness."
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"Be good.See good.Choose good.It's a no-brainer."
13
"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. And I say 'I'm sorry' when you don't. I am not without fault, but I am not without goodness either."
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"If you are able to show goodness to yourself, your family, friends, and maybe to some in your community, you are doing better than most. In fact, it can be harder to show goodness to those who stand close to you than to those who are in faraway places. If more people tended to their own gardens, all of society would flourish as a result."
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"Goodness is sparked by a caution for the sake of what is good, not a fear of what is bad."
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"I believe most people are good, even deep down, even if you have to dig a little - although some people can tempt one to pick up a shovel and actually put that to the test."
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