Quotes About Kindness

I prayed earnestly for this Sister who had caused me so much struggle, but this was not enough for me. I tried to do everything I possibly could for her, and when tempted to answer her sharply, I hastened to give her a friendly smile and talk about something else, for, as it says in The Imitation, "It is better to leave everyone to his own way of thinking than begin an argument." (Imit., III, xliv, 1).

A love which does not prove itself in action is not enough, nor is our natural readiness to please a friend; that is not charity, for sinners are ready to do the same. Jesus

Love can do all things. The most impossible tasks seem to it easy and sweet. You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them. What, then, have we to fear?

La caridad perfecta consiste en soportar los defectos de los otros, en no asombrarse por sus flaquezas, en edificarse con los más pequeños actos de virtud que se les vea practicar, pero, sobre todo, he comprendido que la caridad no debe permanecer encerrada en el fondo del corazón: «No se enciende una lámpara para meterla debajo de un cajón, sino que se la pone sobre el candelero para que ilumine a TODOS los que están en la casa».

The mark of Christian discipleship is love—love of the kind that Jesus exercised toward his followers, love visible enough that men will recognize it as belonging to those people who follow Jesus.

A new commandment I give you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:34–35)

Finally.., The love we take is equal to the love we make...!

Be kind to everyone.

For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time hatred ceases by love - this is an old rule.

A stranger who is kind is a kinsman; an unkind kinsman is a stranger.

The good extend their loving care To men, however mean or vile; E?en base Ch?nd?las?* dwellings share Th? impartial sunbeam?s silver smile.

Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it.

Be good to people in your way up, so if you ever fall you will need their support on your way down.

He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget.

Mention not a blemish which is thy own in detraction of a neighbour.

When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.

Verily great grace may goWith a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends.

Is the need to love greater than the need to hate?

The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.

The decay of giving is today matched by a hardness towards receiving.

Often they win sympathy by a certain good-naturedness, a kindly involvement in other people's lives: selflessness as speculation.

Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.