Quotes about kin
kindness world changing-the-world
How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time. Morgan Freeman
kings hero black
Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.
kings crazy
Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer. Mickey Spillane
kind anything-can-happen lottery
Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen. Marat Safin
kind all-kinds
I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted. Mara Wilson
kind university
In places like universities, where everyone talks too rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear. Joseph Beuys
kindness stranger courtesy
Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers. Joseph B. Wirthlin
kindness greatness essence
Kindness is the essence of greatness.
kindness caring simple
Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of love are the simple acts of kindness and caring we extend to those we meet along the path of life.
kindness men dull
Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer. Joseph Addison
kindness lying men
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity.
kings law ties
Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
kindness talking waiting
It wasn’t like in the storybooks. No witches lurked at crossroads disguised as crones, waiting to reward travelers who shared their bread. Genies didn’t burst from lamps, and talking fish didn’t bargain for their lives. In all the world, there was only one place humans could get wishes: Brimstone’s shop. And there was only one currency he accepted. It wasn’t gold, or riddles, or kindness, or any other fairy-tale nonsense, and no, it wasn’t souls, either. It was weirder than any of that. It was teeth. Laini Taylor
kind dentist
Trips to the dentist - I like to postpone that kind of thing. Johnny Depp
kind cynic
A cynic is a kind of romantic who has aged. John Updike
kings hero writing
We're past the age of heroes and hero kings. ... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.
kings judging reign
The Lord is our God, our judge, and our king, and He shall reign over us. John Taylor
kings men progress
Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really superior man almost always begins to deteriorate when he is habitually king of his company. John Stuart Mill
kings economic-inequality political
If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessities of life. John Sherman
kings clouds
Never king dropped out of the clouds. John Selden
kings law people
Every law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept.
kings men sake
A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
kings people church
Some people in the church, like Martin Luther King, Jr., came out against segregation. But if you look at the bulk of organized religion, you will discover that it endorsed slavery and quoted the Bible to approve it; the Pope even owned slaves. John Shelby Spong
kings important gross-domestic-product
Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product. attr to Buthan's King Jigme Singye Wangchuck John Robbins
kings exercise groups
If individuals do not occupy their legitimate position, then it will be occupied by a god or a king or a coalition of interest groups. If citizens do not exercise the powers confered by their legitimacy, others will do so. (I - The Great Leap Backwards) John Ralston Saul
kings husband father
Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the Greek warriors around Troy, and King of Ithaca. He was subjected to many trials, but with wisdom and courage came through them all.... he is a complete man as well, a good man. James Joyce
kind logical embrace
What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?
kings fate dust
The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. James Shirley
kings men soul
What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings. James Russell Lowell
kings heart blessing
In the storm, like a prophet o’ermaddened, Thou singest and tossest thy branches; Thy heart with the terror is gladdened, Thou forebodest the dread avalanches.... In the calm thou o’erstretchest the valleys With thine arms, as if blessings imploring, Like an old king led forth from his palace, When his people to battle are pouring...
kind financial rich
[C]apitalism without financial failure is not capitalism at all, but a kind of socialism for the rich. James Grant
kings jail issues
Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights. James Hansen
kindness men boys
Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are? Laurence J. Peter