Quotes / Goodness Tropes

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
—Mark Twain

"As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right."
—The Bible, 1 Samuel 12:23 (NIV)

"If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times."
—Augustine of Hippo

"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."
—Frederick Douglass