I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.
Joel OsteenTeach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
Alexander PopeHow sweet is the perception of a new natural fact!
Henry David ThoreauI have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Abraham LincolnJust because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.
Elvis PresleyNo; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?
Bertrand RussellFriends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
Henry David ThoreauA man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
Albert SchweitzerIt is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.
LeBron JamesA gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.
Oscar WildeMy mother was a very natural woman. She never spoiled herself, never wore make-up, and wore modest jewellery, but she always had a few special items for when she wanted to feel like a lady. One of those special items – and I remember it because it seemed so elegant – was her Guerlain powder.
Angelina JolieBeauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.
Edmund BurkeLet us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.
Oscar WildeLet us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
Mother TeresaA saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.
Russell M. NelsonBeauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheYou give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Khalil GibranYesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
Khalil GibranIf you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai LamaIsn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
Douglas AdamsI have a big gay and lesbian following and they’ve been very loyal and kind to me.
Dolly PartonAlthough a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
Charles DickensI have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Khalil GibranArt! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Ludwig van BeethovenI always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.
BonoThere is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life’s sores the better.
Oscar WildeThey might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
Emily DickinsonLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
George WashingtonThe good man is the friend of all living things.
Mahatma GandhiA gentleman is never rude except on purpose – I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.
Christopher HitchensLet us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God – the rest will be given.
Mother TeresaA gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
George Bernard ShawIn assisting his ‚neighbour‘ every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout, with as little formality as possible, is pleasing God.
Robert Baden-PowellHe that does good to another does good also to himself.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaWhat is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
BuddhaThis is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai LamaBears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
Karl LagerfeldBeauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.
John RuskinMy choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.
Pope FrancisNothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.
John RuskinI should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.
Muhammad AliTruthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Lao TzuI want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Abraham LincolnPeople don’t want to hear about me having leather walls or gold toilets.
Kevin HartHorses make a landscape look beautiful.
Alice WalkerGood breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Mark TwainWell look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.
Christopher HitchensIt’s every girl’s dream to be a cover girl!
RihannaPoliteness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Arthur SchopenhauerQuestions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.
Oscar WildeWhether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
Dalai LamaIf every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.
Mr. TThat’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.
Jerry SeinfeldBeauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.
Oscar WildeLove grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
Elbert HubbardSarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
Fyodor DostoevskyThrough Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
Dave GrohlI experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
Vincent Van GoghThe good is the beautiful.
Plato