C. S. Lewis Quotes

if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.

We all have the duty to do good.

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.

It is by doing good that we become good.

The profit on a good action is to have done it.

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

I'm incredibly articulate, thoughtful and moral, and I think about what I do. I want to be known for doing something good.

In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.

Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and sense of responsibility with or without religion.

I felt that I could look back on my life and think about lots of folks that I helped become better folks. And I've tried to be as good a man as I could be.