Idiom Breakdown

come from a good place

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Definition

To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions.

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"“In the 1990s, there was actually tremendous pressure to put women on hormone therapy, and it came from a good place,” Dr. Bates says."
"Ironically, this hesitation to condemn comes from a good place – the part of the British psyche that rightly prides itself on respecting other cultures."
"That gushing, glowing, 2,500-word goodbye e-mail does come from a good place. That doesn't make it a good idea."
"[M]y anxiety was my body's way of trying to protect me, to look after me. So the impulse was coming from a good place."

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