#good

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others… In this world so filled with problems, so constantly threatened by dark and evil challenges, you can and must rise above mediocrity, above indifference. You can become involved and speak with a strong voice for that which is right. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#goodness #inspirational #lds #mormon #inspirational

A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#goodness #inspirational #spiritual-growth #inspirational

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot. ↗

— Criss Jami

#criticism #envy #good-intentions #inspirational #intentions

One may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or the brothel door. There is but one door one may not enter it through, which is the child room door. The critics will never forgive you such. The great Rudyard Kipling is one of a number of people to have suffered from this. I keep wondering to myself what this peculiar contempt towards anything related to childhood is all about. ↗

— Michael Ende

#childhood #children-s #children-s-books #good-sense #literature

I felt ashamed for having judged him so harshly without knowing the real boy. His one offense against me―goaded by Charlie’s bullying character―was easy to forgive. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#judging #kindness #richelle #richelle-goodrich #sympathy

Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?" They don't make songs when the good lose," I muttered. "They make war chants against the bad. So there won't be any songs for us. ↗

— Sherwood Smith

#good #inspirational #songs #inspirational

Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections. ↗

— Daphne Delacroix

#good #hidden #imperfection #inspirational #perfection

A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts.  A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#inspirational-quotes #poet #poetry #richelle #richelle-goodrich

There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient. ↗

— Sivananda

#be patient #failures #good #now #patient

Do not compromise yourself and put your goodness in the same impermanent category as whatever circumstance happening. Be the best you in every circumstance. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#circumstance #compromise #goodness #impermanence #inspirational