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Goodness Quotes (page 301)

Roald Dahl quote: "If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have..."
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates. Roald Dahl
Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West! J. R. R. Tolkien
The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it Morrie Schwartz
Leonard Nimoy quote: "I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting..."
I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters. Leonard Nimoy
Jeremy Bentham quote: "The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as..."
The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry. Jeremy Bentham
Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable. Norton Juster
Dave Mustaine quote: "So Far, So Good........................ So What?"
So Far, So Good........................ So What? Dave Mustaine
I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when we use them; so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer means. So, whatever good meanings are in the book, I'm glad to accept as the meaning of the book. Lewis Carroll
Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me...Wait on the Lord, and be of good Cheer, and he shall strengthen thy Heart; wait, I say, on the Lord:' It is impossible to express the Comfort this gave me. In Answer, I thankfully laid down the Book, and was no more sad, at least, not on that Occasion. Daniel Defoe
Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of use is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place. Susan Sontag
O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favours to me. Benjamin Franklin
Terry Prachett quote: "This wasn't food - it was what food became if it had been good..."
This wasn't food - it was what food became if it had been good and gone to food heaven. Terry Prachett
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Sometimes I prayed for Baby Jesus to make me good, but Baby..."
Sometimes I prayed for Baby Jesus to make me good, but Baby Jesus didn't. Barbara Kingsolver
Jerome K. Jerome quote: "Cultivate," I said, "a sense of humor. From a humorous point..."
Cultivate," I said, "a sense of humor. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good. Jerome K. Jerome
We fought, Wilkie Collins and I. We fought bitterly and with all our might, to a standstill, over a period of about three weeks, on trains and aeroplanes and by hotel swimming pools. Sometimes – usually late at night, in bed – he could put me out cold with a single paragraph; every time I got through twenty or thirty pages, it felt to me as though I’d socked him good, but it took a lot out of me, and I had to retire to my corner to wipe the blood and sweat off my reading glasses. Only in the... Nick Hornby

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