kindness quotes

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

The funny thing is people won’t let me pay for things. I’ll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, ‚Oh no, it’s on the house.‘

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

From caring comes courage.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

In 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.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

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.

Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

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

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.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

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

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

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?

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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

The blessed of us must save the less of us. I’m blessed, and yeah, I’m planning to go to Heaven.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Love 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.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.