Quotes about Goodness
We don't have the capacity to exaggerate God's goodness. We can distort it, or even misrepresent it, but we can never exaggerate it.
— Bill Johnson
Let's get this straight: God is good all of the time. The devil is bad all of the time. We do ourselves a tremendous service to remember the difference between the two.
— Bill Johnson
Anchoring our souls in everything but His goodness is the ultimate waste of time. Moses
— Bill Johnson
Believing that God is good is absolutely vital to becoming effective in the ministry of the gospel. Without that foundation, it's not possible to develop the clear focus and the strength of faith to pursue the breakthroughs that the earth aches for. The way we understand Him is the way we will present Him. How we see Him defines how we think and how we live.
— Bill Johnson
The four cornerstones of thought in our biblical worldview are these: God is Good, Nothing is Impossible, The Blood of Jesus Paid for Everything, and Every Person is Significant.
— Bill Johnson
Christ came into the world to save sinners, not good people, and your unworthiness is your greatest claim for His salvation.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
It is not because things are good that we are to thank the Lord, but because He is good.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.
— Samuel Rutherford
Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father's active goodness and unrestricted love.
— Brennan Manning
We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.
— Nelson Mandela
God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.
— Charles Spurgeon
We need a childlike trust that God is good... ultimately we are OK. That is a simple, beautiful pure thing that can be complicated ferociously by all sorts of intellectual categories.
— Rob Bell