Quotes About Kindness

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

Give me work to do, Give me health, Give me joy in simple things, Give me an eye for beauty, A tongue for truth, A heart that loves, A mind that reasons, A sympathy that understands. Give me neither malice nor envy, But a true kindness And a noble common sense. At the close of each day Give me a book And a friend with whom I can be silent.

Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness.

Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he has the humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

If you cant find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether.

It is not the most lovable individuals who stand more in need of love, but the most unlovable

Clare Boothe Luce

Grumbling is the death of love.

Beloved, let us love one another (1 John 4:7).

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.