Quotes About Kindness

Stop Saying "Hate" and Start Saying "Joy

The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Real love has little to do with gooey emotions and goose bumps; and it has everything to do with the choices we make about the way we treat people.

From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey—sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. PROVERBS 16:23–24 NLT

As a Spirit-filled believer, you need to take the initiative to treat people the way you want to be treated, not the way they treat you.

What we make happen for someone else, God will make happen for us. Do you sometimes find yourself wishing you had more encouragement, maybe from your family or friends or boss? But how often do you encourage others? If you're not sure, then make an extra effort right away. You can be the channel that God uses to keep someone confidently pressing toward success rather than giving up.

If we are not living our lives to make someone else's better, than we are not really living at all.

love always believes the best; it is positive and filled with faith and hope.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. GALATIANS 5:22–23 NIV

Chosen by God for this new life of love, I dress in the wardrobe He picked out for me: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. I am even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. I forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave me. And regardless of what else I put on, I wear love. It is my basic, all-purpose garment. I never want to be without it. —COLOSSIANS 3:12-14 (THE MESSAGE)

Mi madre se llamaba María Vizcaíno y estaba llena de bondad, tanta, que su corazón no resistió aquella carga y reventó. No, no es fácil querer mucho, Juan

Life is ridiculous, so why not be a good guy?" That may be the only religion I have to this day.

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about 7 out of five hundred people.

People didn't get nice by accident, did they? They had parents who were nice. Nice to their kids, nice to others.

People didn't get nice by accident, did they? They had parents who were nice. Nice to their kids, nice to others. His parents . . . well, they didn't understand the concept of "nice.

No one is keeping a score. We're all just trying to do the right thing.

Roan had taught him not to care what anyone thought, but to regard everyone's feelings.

A saint is a human being who neither wants nor needs to hurt you.

had said. And then, afraid she had sounded grudging, 'Thank you, Simone. You've been so very kind.' In the days before she left for Mayfield Farm, Rebecca had given Simone's house a thorough clean and tidy, as a

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

hi I hope u want to be my friends

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. My father's had an awful accident. Please help him God. He's really very kind and nice. Even though he doesn't know you the way I do, he's a good father. And he needs his hand God. So please, please let him be all right. I'll do anything you say if you help him. Thank you God.

And even more, I'm going to see to it that he's happy!

It's funny how when you try to help somebody else feel better you wind up feeling better yourself.