Quotes About Kindness

If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others?

Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor, and vice versa.

To love others, we must first learn to love ourselves.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. People who do not experience self-love have little or no capacity to love others.

One for the master, And one for my dame, And one for the little boy Who lives in the lane.

I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverance for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The soul is awakened through service.

I was a stranger, and ye took me in.

What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; That is to have succeeded.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word-politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Tact is the intelligence of the heart.

Here's to one of the most beautiful, kind, thoughtful people I have ever known . . . You are getting more like me every day.

May I forget what ought to be forgotten; and recall, unfailing, all that ought to be recalled, each kindly thing, forgetting what might sting.

Nobody's sweetheart is ugly.

Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.

I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind-hearted, fat, benevolent people do.

Why inflict pain on oneself, when so many others are ready to save us the trouble?

Avoid witticisms at the expense of Others.

Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not.