Quotes About Kindness

He graces you with good things because he is good, not because you are.

fact is that no one gives grace better than someone who is convinced that he needs it, as well.

A joyful life of grace toward others grows best in the soil of gratitude.

Padre de misericordias y Dios de toda consolación, quien nos consuela en todas nuestras tribulaciones, para que también nosotros podamos consolar a los que están sufriendo, por medio de la consolación con que nosotros somos consolados por Dios" (2Co 1:3-4 RVC). No tiene sentido recibir una compasión tan maravillosa y responderle a los demás con dureza e insensibilidad.

when you forget the grace that you've been given, it becomes very easy to respond to the people around you with nongrace.

A joyful life of grace toward others grows best in the soil of gratitude. When I really reflect on who I am, when I take time to consider the grace that I couldn't have earned, achieved, or deserved but which has been lavished on me, and when I remember that that grace came at the cost of the life of another, then I am joyfully motivated to give that grace to others.

The fact is that no one gives grace better than someone who is convinced that he needs it, as well.

The smart kid teases the dumb kid. The athlete makes fun of the kid with two left feet. Something is so wrong inside us that we can't even handle blessing properly.

When you remember mercy, you are humble, thankful, and tender.

And as you begin to remember that God's mercy is your only hope and you meditate on the grandeur of the mercy that has been showered on you, you begin to want to help others experience that same mercy. You see, to the degree that you forget the mercy you've been given, it is easier for you to not give mercy to others. I daily need God's work of mercy in order to do his work of mercy.

When you forget mercy and think you're deserving, you find it all too easy not to extend mercy to others.

You deal with others with grace when you walk around with the humble realization of how deep your need for grace was and continues to be.

If you fail to carry around with you a heart of gratitude for the love you've been so freely given, it is easy for you not to love others as you should.

Humility is the soil in which mercy for others grows.

You are most loving, patient, kind, and gracious when you are aware that there is no truth that you could give to another that you don't desperately need yourself.

Be stingy of nothing but the name of friend, and take care not to waste your insults.

the compassionate mind is the mind that transforms.

if we stimulate the affiliative system it puts them in touch with a loneliness, linked to the kindness they wanted (e.g. as a child) but didn't get.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil…. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath…. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:17, 19,21.

Even the bleakest, cruelest soul can have its tender spots. Even the harshest desert has its pools, its shady trees and gentle streams.

The most attractive people are those who make others feel attractive. Attractiveness requires an other focus rather than a self-obsession.

Romance can be as simple as leaving a note on the refrigerator that says "I love you" or giving an unexpected hug. It can include heroic gestures like helping your partner do his taxes or scouring the tile in her skanky-looking shower or taking a whole day to organize a lover's Nightmare-on-Elm-Street closet.

How are you treating the people around you? In God's eyes, that's an indicator of your true spiritual condition. For a New Testament perspective, see James 2:14–18.

Beatles. "All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.