Quotes About Kindness

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones-the ones at home.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house... let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness.

If you wish to be loved, love

Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.

To love a thing means wanting it to live

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Love never claims, it ever gives; love never suffers, never resents, never revenges itself. Where there is love there is life; hatred leads to destruction.

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

Love thy neighbor--and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

Intense love does not measure; it just gives

May there always be work for your hands to do, May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane, May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.

Help the stranger for it might be God, Jesus, or the Devil. If the devil is mad at you where else do you have to go?

The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over. So in a series of kindness there is, at last, one which makes the heart run over.

Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.

I know some good marriages - marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Be a tree, give fruits, flowers, shade to others without expecting anything from others. Whatever you want from others first you have to give that to others. Whatever you give to others, you will be given in return. If you give love, respect to others then surely you will be given love and respect from others. Thats why we should learn to give good things to others.

The purpose of life is not to accumulate but to give. The purpose of life is not to put people down but to lift people up.

God created you to make people happy, to make them feel special and loved. So before you do something for yourself think of what you could do for others.