This is a compilation of thoughts and quotes that I have found or written recently, as well as many that I've collected throughout the years. Most thoughts are posted randomly, as I feel inspired. A listing of quotes can be found alphabetically (check the 2008 and 2009 archives listing), or by source.

Feel free to suggest additions!


“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Goodness Quotes

1.The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine

2.Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

3.The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. - Thomas Carlyle

4. Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.
- John Wesley

5. Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest. – Confucius

6. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. - Proverbs 22:1

7. A noble heart, like the sun, shows its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. - Sir Philip Sidney

8. One good word quenches more heat than a bucket of water. - Ancient proverb

9. A good conscience is a continual feast. - Robert Burton

10. People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. - Mother Teresa

11. If our actions stem from honesty, kindness, caring, and vision, then no matter what the result of our efforts, we have added something of value to our souls and to the world. - Unknown

12. Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln

13. The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates

14. Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and good things will be yours. - Swedish Proverb

15. There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock. - Warren G. Harding

16. The ideals which have always shown before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty and truth. - Albert Einstein

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