Quotes About Kindness

If someone imagines that someone loves him, and does not believe he has given any cause for it, he should love in return.

Era una delle sue massime questa, che, per riuscire a far del bene alla gente, la prima cosa, nella maggior parte de' casi, è di non metterli a parte del disegno.

The best way not to have people in your way is to let them into your heart.

Everyone can use a little beauty.

Don't grab people. Would you like it if I grabbed you? If you would like to offer assistance, ask if the person needs it.

Love is Never Ugly

if there´s a beast, maybe he´s just a regular guy with a skin conditon or something. Maybe he just needs some understanding. Maybe we judge people to much by their looks because it´s easier than seeing what´s really important.

Unfair. So. Unfair. Someone says something about you, and just because they said it first—because you were trying to be nice and not complain, you're in the position of denying it

I think the message of goodness over beauty is a valuable one. I wish the world knew it.

Find the Good and Praise it" by Alex Haley

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

He seemed to be a genuinely kind man—when he wasn't killing. —Helen Morrison, M.D., referring to Ed Gein in her book My Life Among the Serial Killers

The only thing you can do is love, because it is the only thing that leaves light inside you, instead of the total, obliterating darkness.

We are not here to judge others. We are here to follow our hearts and play our roles, not condemn the actions of others (or ourselves).

Real meaning comes from taking care of those you love, letting them know how you feel. Fortunately, we have countless opportunities to give a bit of ourselves each day through a thoughtful act, a word of appreciation, or a sense of understanding.

One must open men's eyes, not tear them out.

It was so wonderful to find people who were, well, like people should be.

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Seek to cultivate a buoyant joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

We all know that it is women who make the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

So the small things came into their own: small acts of helping others, if one could; small ways of making one's own life better: acts of love, acts of tea, acts of laughter. Clever people might laugh at such simplicity, but, she asked herself, what was their own solution?

Do not act meanly, do not be unkind, because the time for setting things right may pass before your heart changes course. Isabel Dalhousie