Quotes About Kindness

Aunt Elizabeth," she cried, "the kitten wasn't drowned after all—and I am going to keep it." "You're not," said Aunt Elizabeth. Emily looked her aunt in the face. Again she felt that odd sensation that had come when Aunt Elizabeth brought the scissors to cut her hair. "Aunt Elizabeth, this poor little kitten is cold and starving, and oh, so miserable. It has been suffering for hours. It shall not be drowned again.

Oh, Marilla, there is something in me today that makes me just love everybody I see,' she exclaimed as she washed the breakfast dishes. 'You don't know how good I feel! Wouldn't it be nice if it could last?

É fácil demais ser mau sem se dar conta disso, não é?

Birazc?k taktir, bazen özenli bir ÅŸekilde yetiÅŸtirme kadar faydal? olurdu.

Bulmak istedikten sonra her insan?n içinde biraz iyilik vard?r. Bu iyiliÄŸi bulup geliÅŸtirmek de bir öÄŸretmenin görevidir.

I'd like to add some beauty to life, said Anne dreamily. I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more . . . though I know that IS the noblest ambition . . . but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me . . . to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.

If we have friends we should look only for the best in them and give them the best that is in us, don't you think?

Bir insan? mutlu etmek istediÄŸinde yapabileceklerin gerçekten inan?lmaz, Marilla.

Dorrie dear, smooth that pucker out.

Vaya, los buenos corazones no son tan escasos como yo creía! ¡Es maravilloso saber que el mundo está lleno de ellos!

Life which had seemed so grey and foolish a few moments before was golden and rose and splendidly rainbowed again. The diamond pendant slipped to the floor, unheeded for the moment. It was beautiful... but there were so many things lovelier... confidence and peace and delightful work... laughter and kindness... that old safe feeling of a sure love.

Darling, you're terribly mistaken about it all. God doesn't make bargains. He gives... gives without asking anything from us in return except love. When you ask Father or me for something you want, we don't make bargains with you... and God is ever and ever so much kinder than we are. And He knows so much better than we do what is good to give.

Si le dejaran elegir, ¿qué preferiría tener: una hermosura divina, una inteligencia deslumbrante o una bondad angelical?

un sourire ou un mot gentil, cette personne le recevait comme un rayon de soleil et, ne serait-ce qu'un instant, voyait sa vie illuminée d'espoir, de bonheur et d'optimisme.

Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with … making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself.

One couldn't be afraid or bitter where love was—and love was everywhere.

I always liked to meet Myra, said Miss Cornelia. She was always so gay and cheerful—she made you feel better just by her handshake. Myra always made the best of things.

THERE ARE ANGELS on this earth and they come in subtle forms

First, the word she used that we translate kindness is the Hebrew hesed. It's a word that refers to a strongly bonded relationship where one party continues to be faithfully involved with another because it is the character of the first party to do so.

It ain't a mistake to behave like a human being once in a while

It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good.

You should marry me, he said. I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave you. You could have an easy life.

Sometimes not giving is the gift. —KATE FAL

You learn it in the moments when everyone's too tired to be sweet, too tired to try hard. You learn it by what they do for you then.