Quotes about kindness
kindness sleep ignorance
Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance. Wilferd Peterson
kindness inspiration heart
We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. . .
kindness eye discipline
By a kind of fashionable discipline, the eye is taught to brighten, the lip to smile, and the whole countenance to emanate with the semblance of friendly welcome, while the bosom is unwarmed by a single spark of genuine kindness and good-will. Washington Irving
kindness believe men
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion.
kindness not-giving-up thoughtful
I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. William Stafford
kindness littles shy
A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others. Walter Savage Landor
kindness real cat
When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.
kindness air deals
There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.
kindness thinking trying
When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness. Walter Isaacson
kindness evil swallowing
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. Winston Churchill
kindness merit charity
The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it. William Law
kindness greatness
Your greatness is measured by your kindness. William J. H. Boetcker
kindness shadow sun
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun. William Wordsworth
kindness athlete reflection
Throughout his many years, he enriched the lives of countless others and served as a model of generosity and discipline to those he met, fostering an atmosphere of compassion, harmony, and unity. Sri Chinmoy was a leader, humanitarian, artist, athlete, and public servant who will be sorely missed. His legacy of kindness, reflection, and resolve will endure for many years to come. William J. Clinton
kindness gentle severe
Gentle to others, to himself severe. Samuel Rogers
kindness plant courtesy
They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love. Saint Basil
kindness generosity vinegar
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar. Saint Francis de Sales
kindness men
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth. Saint Augustine
kindness creativity compassion
The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free. Yanni
kindness love-is support
Love is support, kindness, and warmth. That's all I have so far; I'm still figuring it out. Xosha Roquemore
kindness men world
Marriage was ordained for a remedy and to increase the world and for the man to help the woman and the woman the man, with all love and kindness. William Tyndale
kindness belly harder
To a haughty belly, kindness is hard to swallow and harder to digest. Zora Neale Hurston
kindness love-is people
Love is easy! Kindness is easy. So I try on my Twitter page to acknowledge everyone that reaches out to me. I try to make my page - I can't control the rest of Twitter - but I try to make my page a safe place for people. Yvette Nicole Brown
kindness wish favors
Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do. William Hazlitt
kindness children believe
Children have always brought a tremendous amount of joy to me and I feel that if you can catch them at a young age you can really change a life. There are a lot of studies that show that one act of kindness to these children has a 40% chance of making that child have a completely different outcome in their life. What you hope is that you can get a kid to believe in something and to believe in themselves. Walter Payton
kindness men irritation
There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation. W. Somerset Maugham
kindness goodness loving-kindness
Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.
kindness grace quality
Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists.
kindness people young
When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
kindness heart forgiving
...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again. William P. Young
kindness civility courtesy
I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. William Penn
kindness world quaker
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
kindness suffering world
The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness. William Makepeace Thackeray