Quotes About Kindness

I was sick, and ye visited me.

We have all of us sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of others.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.

He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars: general good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer. For art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized particulars.

Nobody does nothing for nobody for naught.

And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more precious gift.

Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can.

You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

That which is horrifying to you don't do to anybody else.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones come daily.

Everybody in the world ought to be sorry for everybody else. We all have our little private hell.

I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met man who had no feet.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

When somebody is angry with us, we draw a halo around his or her head, in our minds. Does the person stop being angry then? Well, we don't know! We know, though, that when we draw a halo around a person, suddenly the person starts to look like an angel to us.

Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.