Quotes About Kindness

Seek joy in what you give, not in what you get

God wants us to forgive each other, Rick, and help each other be better people. He never wanted us to judge.

To find love you must first be willing to give it.

All I'm saying is, kindness don't have no boundaries.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Hayley was being nice. And had made a successful metaphor. Death was surely near.

Ephesians 4:29 couldn't state it any more clearly, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen

Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.

The world is ride with evil and misfortune, but it also full of good people determined to right wrongs. I would not sink into sadness. I would celebrate those who refuse to give up.

May all beings, everywhere, be happy and free.

Loka somasta sukhino bhavantu: may all beings, everywhere, be happy and free

Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, wrote, "Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: animals." Fellow humans, we're failing that test.

Maeve Binchy

In this overcrowded, underwhelming world, any gesture, no matter how slight, expressing that one person recognizes another person is a nice thing indeed.

Unhappiness breeds unkindness,

It was easy to make fun of Angela. And if it was unkind, which of course it was, it was also a way to ask without asking, Am I like her? No, you're not like her. Okay, phew, you're not like her, either. I don't need to tell you how many women's friendships are built upon this firm foundation.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and the beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

This, I suspect, is the territory that lies just ahead and around the curve of today. A place where loss grows more familiar, where joy is harmonized by sorrow, where endings outnumber beginnings, and where kindness becomes a sacrament.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention. When we choose to see and appreciate what is good and beautiful in our children, that goodness can't help but grow, and their beauty blossoms forth.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they 'deserve' it, the good and the beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

So at the end of the day, here was what Mike was able to believe in: people.It was people and their kindness the made him feel blessed. It was people who were the heroes, and people who were generous, and people who comforted one another.