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Quotes About Kindness

If instead of a gem, or even of a flower, we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving, as the angels... must give.
~ George MacDonald
A hug is a great gift — one size fits all, and it's easy to exchange.
~ Author Unknown
Make cookies, not war.
~ Internet meme
Kind people are the best kind of people.
~ Author Unknown
Criminal Minds, All You Can Eat: "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
~ Mark Twain
The least unkindness from a friend is of greater smart than the hardest usage from an enemy.
~ Greek proverb
When a doctor has pulled you through why you always got a warm place in your heart for him.
~ Will Rogers
Essential advice for the gardener: grow peas of mind, lettuce be thankful, squash selfishness, turnip to help thy neighbor, and always make thyme for loved ones.
~ Author Unknown
Volunteers are paid in six figures — S-M-I-L-E-S.
~ Gayla LeMaire, unverified
Volunteers wear work-boots but leave a trail of angel footprints.
~ Terri Guillemets
Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.
~ Elizabeth Andrew
Volunteers are love in motion!
~ Author Unknown
Each good deed strengthens our angel wings.
~ Terri Guillemets
No man stands so straight as one who stoops to help a child.
~ James J. Davis, c.1920s
God has not called us to see through each other, but to see each other through.
~ Author Unknown
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
~ Author Unknown
Angels don't get paid even though theirs is some of the most important work around. Ditto for volunteers.
~ Terri Guillemets
The four most important words in the English language are: "How can I help?"
~ Author unknown, c. 1960s
Two of the most pleasant words in the English language are "please" and "thank you."
~ Author unknown, c. 1950s
The three most important words in the English language are: "I appreciate you."
~ Author unknown, c. 1960s
The sweetest words in the English language are: — "Welcome. Make yourself at home."
~ Author unknown, c. 1949
It takes so little to make a stranger's day, and even less to totally ruin it.
~ Demetri Martin
Share your sparkle wherever you are.
~ Dodinsky
Service to others is the rent we pay for our room on Earth.
~ Philip Byard "Tubby" Clayton