Quotes About Kindness

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.

The good guys in my movies mind their own business, and they don't judge other people. And the bad guys are jealous; they judge other people without knowing the whole story. They want all the attention, and they're mean spirited.

I partnered with Working Wardrobes because I wanted to be part of an organization that lifts people's spirits.

The practice of being on a spiritual path isn't about being the best meditator or the kindest possible person or the most enlightened. The practice is about surrendering to love as often as possible.

Papa had some amazing qualities. He was a very spiritual person. He was very passionate about his work. He was a completely self-made man. At the same time, his generosity and kindness were two aspects of him that really defined his personality.

Spirituality, for me, is acquiring and giving happiness without hurting anyone.

I would never do anything just for spite.

Well I've also kind of noticed that, whatever energy that you put out, is kind of the energy that you receive. And so people are just really lovely and kind and soft spoken with me.

People I've never spoken to before come up to me and give me a hug.

Nick's just from this very Norman Rockwell-ish family. They're very 'American Gothic,' and his parents are so kind, and they're not brash people; they're very soft spoken, salt of the earth.

If you have nothing good to say about anyone, come and sit with me.

I'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.

Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.

Sometimes a crumb fallsFrom the tables of joy, Sometimes a boneIs flung.To some peopleLove is given, To othersOnly heaven.

Do you love your creator Love your fellow-beings first.

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.

Love never claims, it ever gives.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.

...The only slogan we need in order to be happy in our home is: Love Each Other -three simple words. Apply the ingredients of love. Sacrifice for each other. Make each other happy.

Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.

Love is the law of life.

Your mate doesn't live by bread alone; he or she needs to be 'buttered up' from time to time.

This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.