#goodness

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#crusades #equality #goodness #openmindedness #religion

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#believe #book #characteristic #energy #force

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them. ↗

— Victor Garber

#along #came #fortunate #getting #goodness

God seeth different abilities and frailties of men, which may move His goodness to be merciful to their different improvements in virtue. ↗

— William Law

#frailties #god #goodness #his #improvements

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#africa #also #beautiful #could #dreams

One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#college #deal #goes #good #good deal

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#anything #character #courage #else #generosity

People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#confuse #demands #good #good people #goodness

The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities, large and small. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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