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Goodness Quotes (page 448)

Abraham Maslow quote: "Be independent of the good opinion of other people."
Be independent of the good opinion of other people. Abraham Maslow
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, anew continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to bereleased and channeled toward some great good. Brian Tracy
With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from oneend to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terroristattacks, "Are we sure this is a good time to take God out ofthe Pledge of Allegiance? Jay Leno
In the same way there is much, much in all of us, but we do not know it. No one ever calls it out in us, unless we are lucky enough to know intelligent, imaginative, sympathetic people who love us and have the magnanimity to encourage us, to believe in us, by listening, by praise, by appreciation, by laughing. If you are going to write, you must become aware of this richness in you and come to believe in it and know it is there so that you can write opulently with with self-trust. Once you... Brenda Ueland
But the great artists like Michelangelo and Blake and Tolstoi--like Christ whom Blake called an artist because he had one of the most creative imaginations that ever was on earth--do not want security, egoistic or materialistic. Why, it never occurs to them. "Be not anxious for the morrow," and "which of you being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?"So they dare to be idle, i. e. not to be pressed and duty-driven all the time. They dare to love people even when they are very bad, and... Brenda Ueland
I laughed derisively."For goodness' sake, don't start gargling now. This is serious."I was laughing."Oh, were you? Well, I'm glad to see you taking it in this merry spirit."Derisively," I explained. P. G. Wodehouse
I am sorry for the untimely death of poor Lord Cornbury. He had certainly a very good heart; I have often thought it a great pity it was not under the direction of a better head. Mary Wortley
Agatha Christie quote: "What good is money if it can't buy happiness?"
What good is money if it can't buy happiness? Agatha Christie
Alain de Botton quote: "Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at..."
Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us. Alain de Botton
The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand. Ellis Peters
An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes. Ayn Rand
The capacity to accept suffering for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my own well-being and safety are ultimately more important than truth and justice, then the power of the stronger prevails, then violence and untruth reigns supreme. Joseph Ratzinger
If you don't understand how somethingworks, never mind: just give up and say God did it. You don'tknow how the nerve impulse works? Good! You don't understandhow memories are laid down in the brain? Excellent! Is photosynthesisa bafflingly complex process? Wonderful! Please don't goto work on the problem, just give up, and appeal to God. Richard Dawkins
The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the most pernicious of all addictions because it’s so hard for a person to break his delusion and denial. How can anything be wrong with loving God and giving your life for good works and service to mankind? John Bradshaw
Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is not an insurance agent. H. G. Wells

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