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Quotes About Kindness

Who comes? - Approach! - 'tis kindly done: - My learn'd physician, and a friend, Their pleasures quit, to visit one
~ George Crabbe
The "love of the Spirit" (Rom. 15:30) may well be translated, "love created by the Spirit" (see Col. 1:8).58 This love manifests itself primarily in its relationship to other people; it is patient, kind, good, trustworthy, gentle, and self-disciplined (Gal. 5:22-23).
~ George Eldon Ladd
Affection is the broadest basis of good in life.
~ George Eliot
Coarse kindness is at least better than coarse anger; and in all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of its dullness.
~ George Eliot
The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business of one's life is to help in some small way to reduce the sum of ignorance, degradation and misery on the face of this beautiful earth.
~ George Eliot
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
~ George Eliot
We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
~ George Eliot
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
~ George Eliot
How beautiful a day can be When kindness touches it!
~ George Elliston
Almost everyone will be nice to almost everyone, using money taken from a few.
~ George F. Will
The world needs more good people in it, and my son will be a good person.
~ Ilona Andrews
If it weren't for my mother's sacrifice, I would be Hugh now, sitting here, waiting for a crumb of kindness from someone I'd hurt.
~ Ilona Andrews
Mercy is defined as kindness or forgiveness given to someone who is within your power to punish. To show mercy means to give up retribution, sometimes at the cost of justice.
~ Ilona Andrews
Mr. Ramirez looked at Sean and me one last time and smiled. "Good luck with your jogging." No. He didn't just wish Sean and I happy jogging.
~ Ilona Andrews
I made someone's day better. Today wasn't a complete loss.
~ Ilona Andrews
He had a moment of compassion.
~ Ilona Andrews
Being kind to people and paying attention shouldn't be done with the expectation of repayment. I helped them because I could, and it made me happy.
~ Ilona Andrews
Your hand looks heavy. Let me hold it for you." He squeezed my hand with his warm fingers. "Smooth," Jynx murmured.
~ Ilona Andrews
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
~ Immanuel Kant
If man is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
~ Immanuel Kant
Gustavo Solivellas dice: El que es cruel con los animales se endurece también en su trato con los hombres. Podemos juzgar el corazón de un hombre por su tratamiento de los animales (Immanuel Kant)
~ Immanuel Kant
L'uomo deve mostrare bontà di cuore verso gli animali, perché chi usa essere crudele verso di essi è altrettanto insensibile verso gli uomini.
~ Immanuel Kant
Puoi conoscere il cuore di un uomo già dal modo in cui egli tratta le bestie.
~ Immanuel Kant
the feeling of distress is the root of benevolence, therefore a benevolent man is ever mindful of those who are suffering and in distress.
~ Inazo Nitobe