#good

The idea is not to do good because of the praise of men; but to do good because in doing good we develop godliness within us, and this being the case we shall become allied to godliness, which will in time become part and portion of our being. ↗

— Lorenzo Snow

#service #men

The fifth gift is Hope. Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#character-building #goodness #hope #inspiration #inspirational

I have realized that whatever good comes to me, comes from God, whatever bad comes to me, God has allowed it, and I choose to be thankful for both. ↗

— Jeff Goins

#god #good #inspirational #motivational #struggles

Happiness is the good life that is marked by flourishing well-being, joy, prosperity, peace, satisfaction, and pleasure. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#happiness #inspirational #joy #peace #pleasure

Then [good manners] must be inspired by the good heart. There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#inspirational

Ir katram roka jāpieliek, lai lielais darbs uz priekšu iet! ↗

— Rainis

#inspirational #inspirational

...all the disadvantages of good roads: high speed, and almost total lack of that inspiring factor in travel -- the welcoming hand of the interested stranger. ↗

— Robert Edison Fulton Jr.

#roads #strangers #travel #traveling #inspirational

For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam’s front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters? And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#aspiration #common-sense #creation #deity #divinity

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#goodness #humanity #inspirational #life #light

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#good-deeds #inspirational #inspirational