Quotes About Kindness

God is love. When people claim to speak for God, there should be love in their words.

Kindness is wisdom.

The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.

The first day after a death, the new absence Is always the same; we should be careful Of each other, we should be kind While there is still time. From "The Mower

It becomes still more difficult to find Words at once true and kind, Or not untrue and not unkind.

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It had been in the long grass. I had seen it before, and even fed it, once. Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world Unmendably. Burial was no help: Next morning I got up and it did not. The first day after a death, the new absence Is always the same; we should be careful Of each other, we should be kind While there is still time. - The Mower

we should be careful of each other, we should be kind While there is still time.

At this unique distance from isolation it becomes still more difficult to find words at once true and kind, or not untrue and not unkind.

When we find God in the world, We help the world.

What Caul liked most about Tom was his kindness. Kindness was not valued back in Grimsby, where the older boys were encouraged to torment the younger ones, who would grow up to torment another batch of youngsters in their turn. "Good practice for life," Uncle said. "Hard knocks, that's all the world's about!" But maybe Uncle had never met anyone like Tom, who was kind to other people and seemed to expect nothing more than kindness in return.

It's best to give while your hand is still warm.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

I would far rather convey grace than explain it.

As pessoas bondosas desaparecem depressa. Toda a gente gosta muito delas, a morte também. Só os patifes são resistentes. Esses, em geral, morrem velhos e por vezes na própria cama. Em paz.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure, and good without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

My greatest rewards from women have been kisses on the cheek, a whispered thank-you for helping them manage their mothers-in-law, and even an invitation to tea.

The giving of love took nothing from others.

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

His eyes were sharp but kind, and it seemed to amuse him to see children misbehave when he knew that deep down they didn't really want to misbehave, but were just feeling lonely or misunderstood or wanted to go outside and play instead of sitting in a hot classroom. (26)

Before you laugh at someone's misfortune, have a moment to walk in their shoes. Now, you've LOL-ed and you have their shoes.