Quotes About Kindness

You couldn't ask more of a miracle than it was willing to give.

The best exercise for the human heart is reaching down to lift someone else up.

The best exercise for your heart, is reaching out and helping somebody.

John Andrew Holmes, "No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up.

Nice, smart people succeed.

Be a lovecat," I replied. "And that means: Offer your wisdom freely. Give away your address book to everyone who wants it. And always be human.

I then told him about the advantages of being a lovecat, and the three necessary steps to getting there: sharing your knowledge, sharing your network, sharing your compassion.

I believe that the most important new trend in business is the downfall of the barracudas, sharks, and piranhas, and the ascendancy of nice, smart people—because they are what I call lovecats.

You can't be hateful when you are grateful!" She's

giving intangibles works like lighting candles. When you do it, you create more lit candles, not fewer.

Giving is like any other exercise: The more you do it, the better you get at it and the more you get out of it. You shouldn't do it on occasion, only in response to an emergency or on someone's birthday. You should do it all the time.

Never criticize people who are not present to defend or explain themselves. And never predict that another person will experience failure.

When you sense yourself about to commit an unfriendly act, talk yourself out of it by asking yourself two questions and making two statements. They won't all apply at the same time, but at least one of them should work. - Will this fix anything? - Is this how I want to be remembered? - You are welcome here. - I should be helping you.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Sometimes you have to choose between honesty and kindness, and I've always been a sucker for the kind side.

How do we move from a growing culture of cruelty to a culture of compassion where we not only perceive and relate to our fellow Americans with a sense of solidarity, but in which public policy reflects community, mutual kindness and concern, and where the idea of the common good is revived so as to replace the alienating, disconnected individualism that threatens to destroy us?

you should never publicly criticize anyone or anything unless it is a matter of morals or ethics. Anything negative you say could at the very least ruin someone's day, or worse, break someone's heart, or simply change someone from being a future ally of yours to someone who will never forget

People are nicer than they look, but you have to go first. This made me think of a line from fictional character Raylan Givens in the TV series Justified: "If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole." I will often write "GO FIRST" in my morning journal as a daily prompt.

What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the "real world"? When in doubt, let kindness and compassion guide you. And don't be afraid to fail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children . . . to leave the world a bit better . . . to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; this is to have succeeded.

One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children . . . to leave the world a bit better . . . to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; this is to have succeeded.

Practica el juego de «yo primero» GABBY: «Siempre me digo que yo seré la primera… Eso significa que si voy a pagar en una tienda, yo saludaré primero. Si me cruzo con alguien y hay contacto visual, yo seré la primera en sonreír. [Ojalá] la gente probara a hacer eso un poquito en su día a día: sé el primero, porque (no siempre, pero la mayoría de las veces) te beneficiará.

Practice Going First GABBY: "I always say that I'll go first. . . . That means if I'm checking out at the store, I'll say hello first. If I'm coming across somebody and make eye contact, I'll smile first. [I wish] people would experiment with that in their life a little bit: Be first, because—not all times, but most times—it comes in your favor. The response is pretty amazing.

Aquí tienes un resumen muy simplificado: El «éxito» no tiene por qué ser complicado. Basta con empezar haciendo muy muy felices a mil personas.