Goodness Quotes

It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.

Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.

It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.

A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.

What am I supposed to do, Sit around and wait for you? Well I can’t do that, And there’s no turning back. I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong. Cause I’ve got time to think it through, And maybe I’m too good for you!