‚Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

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

If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody’s life. Your own, first.

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don’t regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what’s mine.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.

The battle for women’s rights has been largely won.

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

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.

I hate to see anybody sink. I hate to see anybody lose their dream, lose their home, something like that.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

I never expected any sort of success with ‚Mockingbird’… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you’ll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‚What are you doing for others?‘

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

I used to let other people’s struggles affect my happiness. If they weren’t happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn’t happy, I didn’t want anyone around me to be happy.

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

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 only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Women should be obscene and not heard.

If I can be a leader, I will.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul.

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

‚Suffering should not make us bitter people,‘ my mother once said, ‚it should make us better comforters.‘ Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they’ll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

One’s only rival is one’s own potentialities. One’s only failure is failing to live up to one’s own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don’t think anybody has held this job who hasn’t felt personally responsible for those being killed.

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‚try to be a little kinder.‘

Respect the burden.