John Dryden Quotes

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

Love wasn't put in your heart to stay. Love isn't love until you give it away.

He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.

If you're a good person, that's all that really matters.

To love is to will the good of the other.

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.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

My mother taught me how to love. My mom is the most loving person I know.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

True virtue would never liken its rewards to points on a loyalty card, not because it is its own reward, but because it is not something we should practice to accrue future benefits.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

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

My father is undoubtedly one of the nicest, kindest, smartest, and warm-hearted people I know. He is truly a light that shines on this earth, and to know him is to love him. He is also the eternal optimist.

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.

Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers, or by using the words 'for ever.' But love can only truly be measured by actions. It can be a small thing, such as peeling an orange for a person you love because you know they don't like doing it.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.