Quotes About Kindness

Robin Williams was a wonderful, kind, and generous man. One important thing I remember about his personality is that he was unassuming - he never acted as if he was powerful or famous.

A guy tried to rob me but decided not to because of whatever I do in the community. He's a Lou Williams fan, so he didn't rob me.

When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others.

When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time.

I think people are willing to talk about anything if you come to it with kindness.

I'm so thankful that there are people willing to do that - to actually carry a child nine months for someone.

People care and are willing to help me out my desperate circumstances.

As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

Try to see the good in others. When you're tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

I'm always inspired by Vermonters for their willingness to extend helping hands to those in need.

Time and time again, Vermonters show why we're known for strong, close-knit communities and a willingness to step up to help one another.

You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

You can't rule the world, but what you can do is win the world with love and understanding.

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

When you feel bad on the inside, you wind up wanting to do things to make others feel bad. In contrast, when you feel happy on the inside, you want to do things to make others feel happy.

When I wind someone up, it's never to make them feel angry or aggressive; that doesn't make good telly. It's about uncovering a layer of themselves that is kind of sweet and nice.

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.

I have been blessed with friends who do things rather than buy things: friends who will change books at the library, take a bag of your old clothes to a thrift store, bring you cuttings and plant them in a window box, fill the bird feeder in your garden when you can't get out.

The end of 'City Lights' makes me cry every time I see it - when Charlie Chaplin walks by the shop window and the once-blind girl brings him a flower and pins it to his lapel.

If I'm ever stuck on the M25 - the 'Road to Hell' - I'll wind the window down and start singing, 'I'm driving home for Christmas' at people in cars alongside. They love it. It's like giving them a present.