She agreed to help him 'out of the goodness of her heart'. [=because she is a kind and generous person]
He finally got a raise. 'Goodness knows' he deserved one. [=he certainly deserved one]
If you cook the vegetables too long, they'll lose all their (natural) 'goodness'.
(..) - We don't have a car. - Oh, my... - What happened? I think I got stung by a bee. - You all right? - Oh, yeah. Goodness. I'm fine. - You're not allergic or anything? - No, no, no. - Where'd he get you? - Just right at the back of my head. - Are you okay? (..)2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
(..) has only increased by . percent... Man, I got two questions for you: What do you do? And how do you do it? - I'm a stockbroker. - Stockbroker. Oh, goodness. Had to go to college to be a stockbroker, huh? You don't have to. Have to be good with numbers and good with people. - That's it. (..)2006 The Pursuit of Happyness