Goodwill Quotes

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations,—entangling alliances with none.

No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions. He had money as well.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.

Travis Alexander was a good guy. Was he a saint? No. But he was somebody who was really, really invested in helping other people and making this world a better place. Everything he did, even the car he drove, was a sign of him trying to be a force for good in this world.

When you get the opportunity to give away somebody else's money to make somebody else's life a little better. That's pretty cool, actually.

I think Red Sox fans have always been good to me; they've treated me well.

The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we'll ever get paid back appropriately.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being …

I can never get tired of helping people.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to whom he has done good.

There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness.

Trust is an important lubricant of a social system. It is extremely efficient; it saves a lot of trouble to have a fair degree of reliance on other people's word. Unfortunately this is not a commodity which can be bought very easily.

You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give.