Quotes About Kindness

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

She made you decent, and in return, you made her so happy.

To be honest, I don't think you deserved her, but I don't think any of us deserved her really. She was always going to be the smartest, kindest, funniest, loyalest person we would ever meet, and the fact of her not being here well it just isn't right

Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice to you?

She made you decent. And in return you made her so, so happy.

You're gorgeous, you old hag. If I would give you anything in this world it would be this. Confidence. Either that or a scented candle.

Keep the change," he smiled. Was there ever a more empowering phrase than "Keep the change"?

And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others.

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.

There are wonderful people out there but also wonderful people right here.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

At the same time President Kennedy invited me - and all the other millions of Europe - to try the novelty of tourism in the U.S., he issued a secret directive to 180,000,000 Americans to be nice to us. How else to explain the embarrassing generosity, the overwhelming kindness, the extreme courtesy at every turn?

Better is one day in the company of those bullied by Christians but loved by Jesus than thousands in the company of those wielding scripture to harm the weak and defenseless.

Father, I thank Thee for the night, And for the pleasant morning light, For rest, and food, and loving care, And all that makes the world so fair. Help me to do the things I should, To be to others kind and good, In all I do, in work and play, To grow more loving every day. Amen. —REBECCA J. WESTON (1835

Let kindness go from us to others with every gift, and good desires with every Christmas greeting. Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with a clear heart. May the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children, and the Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake. Amen. —ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Reinterpreting sacred texts in the name of fidelity to God and kindness to neighbor is precisely what the Talmud does, and many Jewish scholars do, to this day.

Compassion is not pity, not even empathetic pity. There is arrogance and haughty pride in pitying others. Compassion is when we are confronted with another's suffering and we suffer with them. Their pain is ours. We are motivated to relieve their suffering. When we feel true compassion we help those who suffer, not as a cathartic release, but because it breaks our heart that they are hurting. I have not always known or believed these things, but I am thankful that I do now.

Standing on someone you knocked down does not make you taller.

People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?

You show how much you love someone by being there for them when they need you, by knowing what they need and anticipating those needs.

May those whose hell it is To hate and hurt Be turned into lovers Bringing flowers.

If you use sarcasm, ridicule, teasing, pinching, tickling, or barbed kidding at times, make a commitment to cease using these passive-aggressive weapons against your partner or anyone.

Where there is no love put love and you will find love.

To love is to become loving.