#goodness

The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#best #creature #daughter #gentleman #goodness

I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too. ↗

— Ann Romney

#choice #fact #go #goodness #i

Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#beauty #catholicism #christianity #god #goodness

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#incrementalism #kindness #world

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#goodness #intelligence #kindness #scholarship #education

Ann: How does God’s character fit into things that seem totally against his character? ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#gods-goodness #suffering #trials #faith

I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#intelligence #resolution #wisdom #intelligence

There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may grow in the unlikeliest of places, as the mountain flower forces its way through the stern rock. ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#goodness #jacqueline-carey #kindness #kushiels-dart #life

You are protected, in short, by your ability to love! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#love #love

ينبغي ألا نندم على حبٍ أو احساس عشناهُ يومًا بكل الصدق، فسوفَ تكشفُ لنا الأيامُ أن ما بقى داخلنا من مشاعر الحب كان أجمل و أبقى مما في أعماقِ انسانٍ تخلّى عنا او غدرَ بنا، لأن الذي يصنعُ الفضيلة لا يندمُ عليها، والذي يرسمُ خطوطَ الجمال لا يعنيه أبدًا أن يرسم غيره أشكالَ القبح. ↗

— فاروق جويدة

#honesty #love #love