Quotes About Kindness

She had so much love to give - she had always felt that - and now there was somebody to whom she could give this love, and that, she knew, was good; for that is what redeems us, that is what makes our pain and sorrow bearable - this giving of love to others, this sharing of the heart.

When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.

Good nature and good sense must ever join; To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. (from The Universal Prayer)

Favours to none, to all she smiles extends;   Oft she rejects, but never once offends.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

But whom to love? To trust and treasure? Who won't betray us in the end? And who'll be kind enough to measure Our words and deeds as we intend?

Braggarts build themselves up, jealous people tear others down, but only loving people build others up.

As Anthony Thiselton puts it, "The opposite of love is not correction but indifference.

Love covers all kinds of offenses, hurts, annoyances, disappointments, and sins that we all suffer because of others. Only love has the power to freely and repeatedly forgive, to truly seek to understand people's weaknesses and complexities, to put things into proper perspective, and to put a blanket over other people's faults.

It wasn't just the big romantic gestures that made a relationship, it was all the little things.

Just some small, random act of kindness – something seemingly inconsequential. Like a smile from a stranger, or a song on the radio, or a beautiful sunset . . . or the barista giving you a love heart on your coffee.

Happy is the best way to be because then you can let other people be happy, too. Their own way.

The earth, a grain of dust, suspended in a sunbeam, it underscores our responsibility to treat each other with more kindness and compassion, and to preserve and love this pale blue dot, the only home we have ever known.

You came in to this world with enough light to find your way out of the dark, enough kindness to save a soul, enough love to shift a planet. Don't worry, you are enquipped with all you could ever need. Look with in, you are drenched in magic.

There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.

It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow man who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring

A friend is a person who likes you for what you are, in spite of all your faults, all your shortcomings.

Listen," he cried in exaltation. "Listen, normals! You must learn what it is. You must learn how it is. You must tear the barriers down. You must tear the veils away. We see the truth you cannot see … That there is nothing in man but love and faith, courage and kindness, generosity and sacrifice. All else is only the barrier of your blindness. One day we'll all be mind to mind and heart to heart …

What I need is a woman who is something, anything: either very beautiful or very kind or in the last resort very wicked; very witty or very stupid, but something.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV

Remember Matthew 5:25 ("Make friends quickly with your opponent") and Matthew 5:44 ("Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you").

Love your enemies. Pray for those who treat you badly (Luke 6:27–28).

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another (Eph. 4:32).