Quotes About Kindness

The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun and joy and happiness. This is my gift.

In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.

I try to be conscious of others, put my best foot forward and show growth. I just try to be my best self - and I think that is the most important thing.

The most important thing is you have to want to do something for somebody other than yourself.

I think that the most important thing we have is our ability communicate and love other humans.

The most powerful lesson I learnt was to have faith in humanity.

Being all about me is not a good thing - I don't care what 1978 tried to say - because as long as you mostly think about yourself, you're not going to be a wonderful person. You're just not.

It's motivating to think that you, as one person, can make a world of difference in someone else's life.

Being adopted was my motivation to help others by first becoming successful.

I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. ... I would hold a door for anyone. ... It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.

I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need to have integrity. You need to work with what you've got.

I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace, at the dinner table, and walking down the street--we are confronted with choices on how to treat people nearly every waking moment. Over time these choices define who we are and whether we have a lot of friends and allies or none.

This is one of the pitfalls of being nice: You end up overexerting yourself. That's why one of the most important things to learn after you master good behavior is how to say no gracefully. It's ultimately better for everyone, because you don't burn out and wind up in a mental institution, making you no good to anyone at all.

Dobbins shrugged his shoulders. What's serious? I was a kid. This thing is, I believed in God and all that, but it wasn't the religious part that interested me. Just being nice to people, that's all. Being decent.

Henry Dobbins made the washing motion with his hands. You're right, he said. All you can do is be nice. Treat them decent, you know?

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.

Go where you will; commit what crime you may; fall to what depth of degradation you may; you can never commit any crime that will shut my door, my arms, or my heart to you. As long as I live you shall have one sincere friend.

what is the lesson of history, if not that we owe each other more bread, more friendship, fewer lies, less cruelty.

He was poor and foolish and people will always have a place in their hearts for the harmless.

People are fools, not monsters

A friend In need is a friend indeed

People who call others ugly are the ugly ones.

Peace is being different, feeling good about yourself, and helping others. The world is a better place because of you.