Quotes / Good Feels Good

Anime and Manga

Bocoe: I never knew that doing good deeds would make me feel this great!
Decoe: You can say that again!

— Sonic X

Comic Books

"It's a good tonic, altruism. Nothing helps one put problems in perspective like allegiance to a higher cause."

— Batman

Fan Works

"There's something decidedly pleasant about being a genuine source of happiness in another."

— The Seven Deadly Sins fan fiction

"How do I feel about it? I love being Spider-Girl. It's awesome to be able to swing through the city and have people cheering my name. It feels right to save people who aren't in a position to save themselves. So I do what my dad did before me, and I stand between this city and oblivion. And no matter how many times I get knocked down, I always get back up."

— May "Mayday" Parker, Friends of Family, a Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse fanfic

Film — Animated

"I feel heroic! And handsome! I'm a little wet, but I still look good! I look good!"

— Snowball, The Secret Life of Pets

"If I'm really honest with myself, I see Felix up there getting patted on the back, people are giving him pie and thanking him, and so happy to see him all the time. Sometimes I think...Man, it sure must be nice being the good guy."

— A very envious Ralph, Wreck-It Ralph

Film — Live-Action

Flash: It's really cool you guys seem ready to do battle and stuff, but I've never done battle. I've just pushed some people and run away!
Batman: Save one.
Flash: What?
Batman: Save one person.
Flash: What do you mean save—
Batman: Don't talk. Don't fight. Get in. Get one out.
Flash: And then what?
Batman: ...You'll know.

— Justice League (2017)

"I don't deserve to be so happy... But I can't help it. I just can't help it!"

— Ebenezer Scrooge, Scrooge (1951)

Literature

"The approval of one's own conscience is a very heady draught; and specially for those who are not accustomed to it."

— That Hideous Strength

"It filled me up in an instant and I imagined it leaking from my eyes, nose and mouth. I wanted to shout and dance with joy because it was everything Streen had described. It was what I felt when Mirax first said she loved me. It was the scent of the perfume my mother wore, and the warm laugh my father used to have when he was proud of me. It was the hearty slap on the back from Wedge after a mission and even a touch of Whistler's triumphant serenades. It was everything that was good and right and positive and alive; and it was waiting for me to bend it to my will."

— Corran Horn opens himself fully to the Force for the first time, I, Jedi

Live-Action TV

"It feels good to be doing good."

— Gunn, Angel, "Players"

Fighting for the little guy is for suckers. We all do it once in a while, but the trick is to get in and out quickly, without getting involved... That's one trick I never really mastered.

— Burn Notice, "Pilot"

As a spy, it doesn't matter if you're helping rebel forces fight off a dictator, or giving combat tips to a third-grader. There's nothing like helping the little guy kick some bully's ass.

— Burn Notice, "Pilot"

Bekhesh: A lifetime of killing and extortion takes its toll.
Crichton: Yeah, especially on those you kill and extort.
Bekhesh: Yes... but also on myself. During a hostage raid, we captured a priest - a disciple of the Writ of Taru. He refused to eat or sleep: all he would do, day and night, was preach, whether anyone was listening or not. I executed him... but I kept his writ. I don't know why. One day I started reading; they were words of peace, but they made me feel... better. Then one day I took off my gauntlet and I threw it away.

— Farscape

"It puts a smile on my face, you know. Helping people. Not that you can see with the mask on."

— Sento Kiryu, Kamen Rider Build

Hardison: You see what you did? You took the world's best criminals, hitter, hacker, grifter, thief, you took us, and you broke us.
Nate: No, no. I-I, what I did, I taught you how to help people. That's all.
Parker: Exactly.
Sophie: Yeah.
Eliot: This is the problem, with being the good guy. It gets under your skin.

— Leverage

Rom: So, brother, how does it feel, being a hero?
Quark: You tell me.
Rom: (hesitantly) It feels... good?
Quark: (grins) You bet it does!

— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "The Magnificent Ferengi"

"Marcus, it is so simple. You do one thing, one good thing, for no other reason than you know it's right. That's the first step."

— Xena, Xena: Warrior Princess, "The Path Not Taken"

Podcasts

"It was in that girl's eyes when she saw daylight again. It was in her mother's tears, and the expression on the face of every man and woman there. They felt their lives touched by a miracle. And every single one of them will have hope in their hearts that they didn't have before. If I can do that for a week, a month, a year... and I choose not to so I can live to be a hundred? No. Not me, buster."

— Mr. Amazing, Red Panda Adventures, describing his reason for being a superhero despite knowing using his powers will inevitably kill him.

Tabletop Games

"Gharad the Ox duels the hated Elector Count Wulfgang von Greidhart at Maulwurfbad and takes his victim's skull as a drinking vessel. During the duel, Gharad is astounded to be cheered on by the women of the township. Obscurely pleased, he leaves the town intact."

— Warriors of Chaos 7th edition armybook timeline, Warhammer Fantasy

Theatre

"When you help others, you can't help helping yourself"

— "The Money Song", Avenue Q

Video Games

"You wanna know why I help the common folk? Why not? Everyone has their low points in life. I don't really do anything, other than help steer those who are truly lost towards a brighter future."

— Beidou, More About Beidou:III, Genshin Impact

"Yesterday they wanted my head on a platter, now they act like I'm one of the family. Truth be told, it was nice, even for that short time. To be treated like a hero. Felt good."

— Cole MacGrath after saving a train full of civilians, inFAMOUS

"It's been a long, long time since I had the chance to do something decent. And that's reward enough."

— The Sundown Kid, Live A Live

"A good deed is like pissing yourself in dark pants. Warm feeling, but nobody notices."

— Jacob Taylor, Mass Effect 2

"This is the first time I've ever used my powers to help someone. It's strange... it feels kind of... nice."

— The last words of Psycho Mantis, Metal Gear Solid

Mashmyre Cello: This power welling up inside me... Is this the joy that comes from finding a new reason d'etre? I, Mashmyre Cello, will put my life on the line and fight to defend all those I find dear!
Anya Alstreim: What a ham...
Jeremiah Gottwald: No. If anyone knows the meaning of chivalry... It's him.

— Super Robot Wars X

When I saw the people of Slitherbough look up at the sky and celebrate the return of the dark... felt good. It was moments like that that I cherished - much more than the thrill of adventure. The calm after the storm. I always took comfort in that.

— Ardbert Hylfyst, Final Fanatasy XIV

Webcomics

"Ev'ryone always talks about tha seductive power o' Evil, but I think Good's just as slippery a slope. Doin' good - sometimes just seein' other people do good - feels good. Tha feelin' gets ta ye ev'ntually. Sometimes I think tha only reason more evil folks dinnae succumb ta it is tha it feels bad ta realize how evil ye've been. Most'd rather pretend ta nev'r feel nuthin' than experience tha pain."

— Durkon, The Order of the Stick

Web Original

"We were hiding in the shadows and ducking into alleys to get away from people. We were safe but we weren't really alive, right? With these people we're having fun, and winning contests, and killing bad guys, and rescuing children, and... It's amazing."

— Nott, Critical Role

Western Animation

"It's a funny thing about doing something good or something kind. You do it because it feels right, it's proper. It's not so much what's expected, but what you want to do."

— Benni the Kangaroo, The Silver Brumby

Garnet: How do you feel?
Peridot:...Big.

— Steven Universe

Miscellaneous

"As it turns out, creating stuff actually is exciting. Being able to share the fruits of your labor with people honestly gets your blood pumping. I remember getting up really early the day we first announced Borderlands 2 so that I could tweet, with great pride, "I'm writing for this game." That single sentence was more gratifying, momentous, and, yes, exciting than any of the vitriolic takedowns I'd written of other people's work."

— Anthony Burch, Five Things I Didn't Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It)

"I'm astonished it feels this amazing. Nobody told me it would."

— chaosmage, on donating to the Against Malaria Foundation

"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest."

— Mark Twain

Imaginary evil is romantic and varied;
Real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring;
Imaginary good is boring;
Real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.

— Simone Weil

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