There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

The kindness that’s been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it’s really saved my life.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.

The greatest gift is the ability to forget – to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

One of the things I’ve never been accused of is not caring about people.

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted – folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Dear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

What it’s like to be me? You know, it’s good to be me. My life is good.

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

If you’re nice to me I’ll never write anything bad about you.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

You give before you get.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one of their greatest ‚weaknesses‘; no Burmese will kill an animal, even if it is to put it out of pain.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they’ve been very loyal and kind to me.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that’s the mercy you’re going to be receiving.

I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God’s eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

I don’t have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.

I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn’t, thank God.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That’s what I strive to do, that’s what I pray to do every day.

I actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

This 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.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I’m not based in Monaco… I think my country helped me.