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I lowered my gun to the ground, when I stood up to turn around, I saw a main beam. I said, ‘Oh, my goodness.’. – Josh Clark	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It’s a first try, it’s a first go. And hopefully what is done at the end will please everyone. She did this out of the goodness of her heart. – Grard Lajeunesse	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I sabotaged things. I burnt a lot of bridges, i was really naive, I think. Not green as grass — I was by no means an innocent — but I had faith in the goodness of everyone. I was very open. And that led me into all sorts of situations that backfired. – Sienna Miller	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It has been well said that you can never know too much, you can never be too wise, and you can never be too good. The more you know, the better you can understand the problems of today; and the wiser you are, the better use you can make of your own knowledge. But knowledge without goodness is dangerous, and without abundant knowledge, wisdom, and goodness- there is no hope for the world. – Clement Molczyk	added by anonymous 7 years ago
The Lord is a sun: He is the Source of all light and life. to live apart from Him is death, but His fellowship is life for us. And the Lord is a shield: He protects and preserves His people from all the powers of evil that seek their destruction. He does not in this life, remove all evil and affliction from them, but He gives them grace which is sufficient unto every need. He makes us taste His goodness even in the way of adversity and makes that way subservient to our glory. Never does He withhold any good thing from those that walk in His way. – Herman Hoeksema (1886-1965)	added by meteorstorm 7 years ago
Donald Trump was speaking two days ahead of the Republican primary in Indiana, where the latest polls show Donald Trump holding a double-digit lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. At a rally in La Porte Sunday night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz urged Indiana voters to help Texas Sen. Ted Cruz deny Donald Trump the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination prior to the Republican convention. I believe in the men and women gathered here and the goodness of the American people that we will not give into evil, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said at one point. All across this country, millions of Americans right now are praying for you. You’re being lifted up in prayer right now. Any solemnity the occasion had was interrupted by a young boy who heckled Texas Sen. Ted Cruz repeatedly, including with the phrase, You suck ! One of the things that hopefully someone has told you is that children should actually speak with respect. – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I remember thinking 'Goodness it's hot' and some people were in masks. But they didn't explain things to us straight away, it was all secret. And the kids were running about barefoot in the puddles. – Zoya Perevozchenko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Basically, I was told I would not be able to win because of my religion and ethnicity, i said, ‘I respectfully disagree with you.’ I believe in the goodness and the spirit of the American people. The American people have embraced me since I’ve been to this country and I’ve embraced them back as an adopted son. – Jesse Sbaih	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
They are claiming that because I invited them – I made students on campus feel unsafe, no one has to listen to them. No one was forced to attend. For goodness’ sake – we’re adults. We should be able to handle other people’s opinions. – Jacob Ellenhorn	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The video was posted on social media to express my emotions but I understand how it could be misinterpreted, in fact, thank goodness the binding released as it should, preventing a possible injury. – Lindsey Vonn	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Oh my goodness. Yeah, me too, me too. – Hillary Clinton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
2.“Life is like a traffic jam. You’ve got to be patient and wait on till an opportunity comes for you to drive ahead”. 3.“Life is like an onion, the deeper you peel into it the more tears it brings to your eyes”. 4.“Never wait for the best time to do good because good can be done best any time”. 5.“Think creatively, plan minutely and act resolutely and success is sure to come your way”. 6.“All intelligent persons are not successful but all successful people are intelligent”. 7.“Winners are those who act on their dreams but losers are those who dream of their acts”. 8.“Learning to accept defeat is the first step towards victory”. 9.“People who complain about their life are like beggars sitting on a heap of gold”. 10.“Theology is the study of God but not all theologians discover God”. 11. “One who discerns God’s will is treading on the path of salvation”. 12.“Environmental pollution is the most deadly sin because it springs from lack of concern and absence of love for the other”. 13.“Do not be afraid of enemies who criticize you but beware of friends who secretly despise you”. 14.“The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that the former sees the dusk while the latter sees the dawn”. 15.“Religious fanaticism is the religion of the most irreligious and Godless people”. 16.“He who says only my religion is good, is putting a fence around God’s goodness and is guilty of God manipulation”. 17.“Too much religiosity is bad for the soul as too much food is bad for the body. Religious excessiveness is the breeding ground of fanaticism”. 18.“A religion that does not teach love of neighbour is either a bad religion or no religion at all”. 19.“A community is not an addition of number but a multiplication of love”. 20.“The three most important components of an ideal community are: the head to think and plan, the heart to forgive and love and the hands to serve and care”. 21.“Peace is a rare commodity which can be bought only through love”. 22.“Personal freedom is not a privilege to be misused but a responsibility to be carried out”. 23.“True love starts with perception and ends in compassion”. 24.“A good ship is tested in stormy weather so too true friendship is tested in difficult times”. 25.“Every tree cut down is oxygen lost and life endangered”. 26.“Wars are the darkest spots in human history and the height of human folly”. 27.“There is no greater fool than the one who does not know himself”. 28.“There is no greater folly than the failure to grab opportunities in life”. 29.“An education that does not form the heart leads to deviation of character”. 30.“Education that does not open the mind and heart of a person is a self defeating endeavour”. 31.“Education begins in the womb and ends in the tomb”. – Dr. Barnes Mawrie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
It's been really hard, actually, to get through the show, because in many ways, I feel torn. Like, why am I up here dancing and having fun when people are crying over the loss of their loved ones? she continued. However, that is exactly what these people want to do. They want to shut us up. They want to silence us. And we won't let them. We will never let them, because there is power in unity, and I do believe that as much chaos and pain and senseless violence and terrorism that occurs around this world, not just in Paris, as much as that that does occur, there is more goodness in this world. We are here to prove it. Audience members clapped and cheered in support of Madonna’s statements, clearly moved by her words. U2 Visits Memorial Site Near Paris Concert Hall, Bono Speaks Out: 'These Are Our People' Madonna, who visibly teared up during her speech, went on to say that she felt conflicted about performing on Saturday and considered canceling her show. I was gonna cancel my show tonight but then I thought to myself, 'Why should I give that to them? Why should I allow them to stop me and to stop us from enjoying freedom? all of the places where people were killed were places where people were having fun, people were enjoying themselves, eating in restaurants, dancing, singing, watching a soccer match. – Foo Fighters	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Sure, the narrative they try to sell us is that they're hosting Hillary's fundraiser out of the goodness of their hearts. Not! the fact of the matter is, these celebrities are in bed with special interest groups who are looking for presidential influence when they want to push their agenda. – Lisa Durden	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It became apparent early on that this run was about much more than epilepsy. Each and every day I come across stories about the goodness of humankind and/or overcoming adversity, i'm very lucky that for two years I've had complete seizure control. – Jenny LaBaw	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If you want a president who will tell you everything that is wrong with America and who is to blame for it, you've got plenty of other choices. And my goodness, didn't we hear enough of that the other night at the Republican debate, but if you want a president who will listen to you, work her heart out to make your life better, and together to build a stronger, fairer, better country, then you are looking at her. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Presidential candidates may be thinking 'Thank goodness Jon Stewart is not going to be watching my every move.' Because the kind of things he discusses, like the foibles of particular candidates, do shape the public perception. – Dannagal Young	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Life is all about unfolding of the genes, spilling off of the beans, mistakes of the teens, madness for the leans v/s goodness of the greens, living within and beyond means . Through all this chaos if you remain alert, aware, the master from inside will arise and you shall MickeyMize. – Mickey Mehta	added by Mickeymized 8 years ago
Whether it's against the law or not, my goodness, I think everybody in America is horrified by this, and they don't want their tax dollars going to this group. – Rand Paul	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The industry would like us to believe it will reduce this potent climate pollution out of the goodness of their hearts — we don’t buy it. – Meleah Geertsma	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm going to tell you what I think and if you like it, great. If you don't, my goodness you have 13 other candidates to pick from. – Chris Christie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I have never heard or read anything that impacted me so much to think,' My goodness, there are just such hateful people,' this really shocked us. – Stella Paquin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. – Leo Tolstoy	added by JP03 8 years ago
They wait until the very last minute, they wait until the last minute and then they say, 'Oh my goodness it is a dangerous world we've got to continue this program the way it is!'. – Ron Wyden	Found on CNN 8 years ago

I lowered my gun to the ground, when I stood up to turn around, I saw a main beam. I said, ‘Oh, my goodness.’.

– Josh Clark

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It’s a first try, it’s a first go. And hopefully what is done at the end will please everyone. She did this out of the goodness of her heart.

– Grard Lajeunesse

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I sabotaged things. I burnt a lot of bridges, i was really naive, I think. Not green as grass — I was by no means an innocent — but I had faith in the goodness of everyone. I was very open. And that led me into all sorts of situations that backfired.

– Sienna Miller

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It has been well said that you can never know too much, you can never be too wise, and you can never be too good. The more you know, the better you can understand the problems of today; and the wiser you are, the better use you can make of your own knowledge. But knowledge without goodness is dangerous, and without abundant knowledge, wisdom, and goodness- there is no hope for the world.

– Clement Molczyk

added by anonymous
7 years ago

The Lord is a sun: He is the Source of all light and life. to live apart from Him is death, but His fellowship is life for us. And the Lord is a shield: He protects and preserves His people from all the powers of evil that seek their destruction. He does not in this life, remove all evil and affliction from them, but He gives them grace which is sufficient unto every need. He makes us taste His goodness even in the way of adversity and makes that way subservient to our glory. Never does He withhold any good thing from those that walk in His way.

– Herman Hoeksema (1886-1965)

added by meteorstorm
7 years ago

Donald Trump was speaking two days ahead of the Republican primary in Indiana, where the latest polls show Donald Trump holding a double-digit lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. At a rally in La Porte Sunday night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz urged Indiana voters to help Texas Sen. Ted Cruz deny Donald Trump the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination prior to the Republican convention. I believe in the men and women gathered here and the goodness of the American people that we will not give into evil, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said at one point. All across this country, millions of Americans right now are praying for you. You’re being lifted up in prayer right now. Any solemnity the occasion had was interrupted by a young boy who heckled Texas Sen. Ted Cruz repeatedly, including with the phrase, You suck ! One of the things that hopefully someone has told you is that children should actually speak with respect.

– Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I remember thinking 'Goodness it's hot' and some people were in masks. But they didn't explain things to us straight away, it was all secret. And the kids were running about barefoot in the puddles.

– Zoya Perevozchenko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Basically, I was told I would not be able to win because of my religion and ethnicity, i said, ‘I respectfully disagree with you.’ I believe in the goodness and the spirit of the American people. The American people have embraced me since I’ve been to this country and I’ve embraced them back as an adopted son.

– Jesse Sbaih

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

They are claiming that because I invited them – I made students on campus feel unsafe, no one has to listen to them. No one was forced to attend. For goodness’ sake – we’re adults. We should be able to handle other people’s opinions.

– Jacob Ellenhorn

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The video was posted on social media to express my emotions but I understand how it could be misinterpreted, in fact, thank goodness the binding released as it should, preventing a possible injury.

– Lindsey Vonn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Oh my goodness. Yeah, me too, me too.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

2.“Life is like a traffic jam. You’ve got to be patient and wait on till an opportunity comes for you to drive ahead”. 3.“Life is like an onion, the deeper you peel into it the more tears it brings to your eyes”. 4.“Never wait for the best time to do good because good can be done best any time”. 5.“Think creatively, plan minutely and act resolutely and success is sure to come your way”. 6.“All intelligent persons are not successful but all successful people are intelligent”. 7.“Winners are those who act on their dreams but losers are those who dream of their acts”. 8.“Learning to accept defeat is the first step towards victory”. 9.“People who complain about their life are like beggars sitting on a heap of gold”. 10.“Theology is the study of God but not all theologians discover God”. 11. “One who discerns God’s will is treading on the path of salvation”. 12.“Environmental pollution is the most deadly sin because it springs from lack of concern and absence of love for the other”. 13.“Do not be afraid of enemies who criticize you but beware of friends who secretly despise you”. 14.“The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that the former sees the dusk while the latter sees the dawn”. 15.“Religious fanaticism is the religion of the most irreligious and Godless people”. 16.“He who says only my religion is good, is putting a fence around God’s goodness and is guilty of God manipulation”. 17.“Too much religiosity is bad for the soul as too much food is bad for the body. Religious excessiveness is the breeding ground of fanaticism”. 18.“A religion that does not teach love of neighbour is either a bad religion or no religion at all”. 19.“A community is not an addition of number but a multiplication of love”. 20.“The three most important components of an ideal community are: the head to think and plan, the heart to forgive and love and the hands to serve and care”. 21.“Peace is a rare commodity which can be bought only through love”. 22.“Personal freedom is not a privilege to be misused but a responsibility to be carried out”. 23.“True love starts with perception and ends in compassion”. 24.“A good ship is tested in stormy weather so too true friendship is tested in difficult times”. 25.“Every tree cut down is oxygen lost and life endangered”. 26.“Wars are the darkest spots in human history and the height of human folly”. 27.“There is no greater fool than the one who does not know himself”. 28.“There is no greater folly than the failure to grab opportunities in life”. 29.“An education that does not form the heart leads to deviation of character”. 30.“Education that does not open the mind and heart of a person is a self defeating endeavour”. 31.“Education begins in the womb and ends in the tomb”.

– Dr. Barnes Mawrie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

It's been really hard, actually, to get through the show, because in many ways, I feel torn. Like, why am I up here dancing and having fun when people are crying over the loss of their loved ones? she continued. However, that is exactly what these people want to do. They want to shut us up. They want to silence us. And we won't let them. We will never let them, because there is power in unity, and I do believe that as much chaos and pain and senseless violence and terrorism that occurs around this world, not just in Paris, as much as that that does occur, there is more goodness in this world. We are here to prove it. Audience members clapped and cheered in support of Madonna’s statements, clearly moved by her words. U2 Visits Memorial Site Near Paris Concert Hall, Bono Speaks Out: 'These Are Our People' Madonna, who visibly teared up during her speech, went on to say that she felt conflicted about performing on Saturday and considered canceling her show. I was gonna cancel my show tonight but then I thought to myself, 'Why should I give that to them? Why should I allow them to stop me and to stop us from enjoying freedom? all of the places where people were killed were places where people were having fun, people were enjoying themselves, eating in restaurants, dancing, singing, watching a soccer match.

– Foo Fighters

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Sure, the narrative they try to sell us is that they're hosting Hillary's fundraiser out of the goodness of their hearts. Not! the fact of the matter is, these celebrities are in bed with special interest groups who are looking for presidential influence when they want to push their agenda.

– Lisa Durden

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It became apparent early on that this run was about much more than epilepsy. Each and every day I come across stories about the goodness of humankind and/or overcoming adversity, i'm very lucky that for two years I've had complete seizure control.

– Jenny LaBaw

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If you want a president who will tell you everything that is wrong with America and who is to blame for it, you've got plenty of other choices. And my goodness, didn't we hear enough of that the other night at the Republican debate, but if you want a president who will listen to you, work her heart out to make your life better, and together to build a stronger, fairer, better country, then you are looking at her.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Presidential candidates may be thinking 'Thank goodness Jon Stewart is not going to be watching my every move.' Because the kind of things he discusses, like the foibles of particular candidates, do shape the public perception.

– Dannagal Young

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Life is all about unfolding of the genes, spilling off of the beans, mistakes of the teens, madness for the leans v/s goodness of the greens, living within and beyond means . Through all this chaos if you remain alert, aware, the master from inside will arise and you shall MickeyMize.

– Mickey Mehta

added by Mickeymized
8 years ago

Whether it's against the law or not, my goodness, I think everybody in America is horrified by this, and they don't want their tax dollars going to this group.

– Rand Paul

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The industry would like us to believe it will reduce this potent climate pollution out of the goodness of their hearts — we don’t buy it.

– Meleah Geertsma

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm going to tell you what I think and if you like it, great. If you don't, my goodness you have 13 other candidates to pick from.

– Chris Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I have never heard or read anything that impacted me so much to think,' My goodness, there are just such hateful people,' this really shocked us.

– Stella Paquin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

– Leo Tolstoy

added by JP03
8 years ago

They wait until the very last minute, they wait until the last minute and then they say, 'Oh my goodness it is a dangerous world we've got to continue this program the way it is!'.

– Ron Wyden

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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