Quotes About Kindness

For it is in giving that we receive. -St. Francis

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. -John Bunyan

We give with joy in our hearts. We give out of our humble circumstances. We give out of our wealth.

It's not how much we give but how much we put into giving. -Mother Teresa

You, who promised, when you asked for my hand, to look at me always with kind eyes. The eyes of a loving witness, you said. And no one has ever said anything lovelier to me.

Remember that every person only lives for a short time, and you have to make that time pleasant for him.

6 Most people announce that they show kindness, but who can find someone faithful [enough to do it]?

It's all very well to have a kind heart, but kind hearts don't rule castles.

A gift of truth is the gift of love.

It's funny how it only takes one person taking the time to show you they care for all that bad shit to not seem so bad for a moment. It's not like the demons go anywhere. What haunts you is still right there when you go back under, but that one gesture from one person can bring you to the surface for a second or two. And for a very long time, all I'd really needed was to come up for air.

They were reminded over and over that the Qur'an held 124 verses about dealing kindly with non-Muslims, while only one advocated waging war against them.

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I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.

Promise this — never to raise your hand against a living creature, either to strike, pluck, or eat, without first recollecting its mother, who suffered for it.

A natural man lives for himself; a lover lives for others.

7th July, 1871.—I was annoyed by a woman frequently beating a slave near my house, but on my reproving her she came and apologized. I told her to speak softly to her slave, as she was now the only mother the girl had;

A kid might help another kid who fell into a river, and a kid might help another kid search for a lost baseball, but there isn't a kid I've met who will help another kid out of a humiliating situation. We just aren't built that way.

You know what guys do? They stand up for people. You know why? Two reasons. It's right. And it feels good. Even if the person doesn't know what you did. Maybe especially then.

To maximize the chances of preserving a long-term bond, couples would do well to remain faithful; produce children together; secure ample economic resources; act kind, generous, and understanding; and attend to their mate's sexual and emotional desires. These actions do not guarantee a successful relationship, but they increase the odds substantially.

What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.

Allow God to continually soften your heart so that it beats for what his heart beats for - people.

Instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.

Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.

God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.