Quotes About Kindness

It's not hard to be me, thought Pooh. Just be Here and Now, and be Kind.

This is what true love is about, the Rebbe told Sharfstein. "It's the small acts that you do on a daily basis that turn two people from a 'you and I' into an 'us'.

The fact that you are feeling unhappy does not entitle you to inflict your bad mood on others.

The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.

I want it said of me by those who know me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

When I say, 'I love you,' it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a person.

To forgive is an act of compassion... It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.

In the end, we must each tend to our own gulfs of sadness, though others can assist us with kindness, food, good words, and music. Our human tendency is to fill these holes with distractions like shopping and fast romance, or with drugs and alcohol.

Don't forget: hold somebody's hand through the dark.

Maybe, love is always forgiveness, to a degree.

If she lets us down, if she's weird sometimes—just ignore it, and love her. Just love her.

On the Decker bus she often gave up her seat to older passengers or to women with young children, she was nervously alert to the needs or near-needs of other people. It pleased and excited her to see the space she'd occupied taken, the emptiness where she had been so readily filled in.

if she petted or fed one animal in the presence of others, she must pet and feed them all. It was what Jesus would have done had He lived intimately with animals.

It was a principle of hers that you must never say anything about another person you would not say in that person's presence.

Boys and girls, always remember: Jesus loves you, when no one else does!"—this was a typical remark of Mrs. S——'s, called out to us gaily, as if it was happy news and not hurtful.

Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!

Do yourself a favor and forgive anyone that has anything against you. Do it as an act of faith and trust God to change and heal your emotions. Pray for your enemies and never say another unkind thing about them. It is the only way you can move past the pain and begin to heal.

Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don't deserve it.

Why wouldn't we run to God. He's sooo good. God's not mad at anybody. He just wants to help us be the best that we can be.

Acts 10:38 says, "See how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth who went about doing good." He just got up every day and did good. Everywhere he went, even though he had a purpose and he was headed somewhere, he let himself be interrupted by the needs of people. So often we study the steps of Jesus. Maybe we need to study the stops of Jesus. The things that he stopped for, the things that interrupted his plan, where he would alter his plan and help somebody here and there.

God is Good...Jesus is Lord Be Good to Yourself and each Other J-Jesus..O-Others..Y-Yourself

Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God's eyes they do

If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do.

Pray for your enemies, and bless those who mistreat you" (see Matt. 5:44).