Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mencius

The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.

Mencius

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

Mencius

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

Michael Josephson

You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

Markus Zusak

Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.

Even a little gift may be vast with loving kindness.

Terry Riley

Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control.

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.

Margaret Halsey

the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

Melissa Etheridge

I kind of thought when I was 30 that you're as good as your going to get. And that's not true.

Michelle Bachelet

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

Michelangelo

I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.

Michael Stipe

We're kind of an international phenomenon.

Michael McKean

Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.

I just make up different calls, ... There's all kinds of things you can do.

I'm kind of skeptical of that. They may not have the restriction, but it remains to be seen how many under-.500 teams start to show up in the tournament.

Bronson Arroyo

I'm pretty much over it now. I'm kind of getting into the swing of things.

Tony Danza

I'm sorry about the inconvenience. It's kinda cold. ... But it's nice to have you here.

If I were to walk into a service as a stranger, I might be overwhelmed by the size. But there are all kinds of ways that it's more personal.

I haven't done that for a while, ... That was kind of one of my trademarks.

I had to kind of relearn how to throw.

I hadn't made one of those in a while. It just kind of snowballed and everything started going in.

Neal Shusterman

Touch is a freaky thing when you're not used to it. It makes you feel all kinds of things.

Neale Donald Walsch

Love is sometimes shown in the things you don't say, don't keep track of and don't notice. The greatest kindness is often shown in letting things go. None of us is perfect, but we can all be perfect friends and perfect partners by allowing those that we love to be imperfect. Give those around you the 'break' that you hope the world will give you on your own 'bad day' and you'll never, ever regret it.

Morgan Spurlock

When I experience something or feel something, that's kind of transferred to the audience. There's a lot of great breakthrough moments that come out of that.

Morgan Freeman

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Marat Safin

Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.

Mara Wilson

I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted.

Joseph Beuys

In places like universities, where everyone talks too rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Kindness is the essence of greatness.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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.