The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. ~ Jane Addams
Let no day pass without discussing goodness. ~ Socrates, The Apology
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven. ~ Mary Baker Eddy
Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one’s own merits. ~ Heloise
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. ~ Miss Manners
No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval. ~ Minot Simons
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves all of us not to talk about the rest of us. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
It isn’t hard to be good from time to time. What’s tough is being good every day. ~ Willie Mays
Do what's good for you, or you're not good for anybody. ~ Billy Joel
Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art. ~ Seneca