Quotes About Kindness

My mother, writing from France, admonished me to take care of my health as she had during the war. My head could be all set for the guillotine, and still my mother would scold me for forgetting my muffler. She never missed an opportunity to try and convince me that the world is a kindly place and that she'd done a good job in conceiving me. This alleged Providence was the great subterfuge of maternal thoughtlessness.

De mensen zitten barstensvol medelijden voor invaliden en blinden, je kunt gerust zeggen dat ze een hele voorraad liefde achter de hand hebben. Dat had ik al heel vaak gemerkt. 't Wemelt van dat soort liefde. Je kunt niet het tegendeel beweren. 't Is alleen zo jammer dat de mensen toch zo honds blijven, met zoveel liefde in voorraad. Het komt er niet uit, dat is het. Het zit binnenin en het blijft binnenin, ze hebben er niets aan. Ze gaan kapot aan die liefde, binnenin.

Always look kindly on the old, Bairbre . . . Because they have loved people so much longer than you have, they have so very much more to lose . . .

But her life on this earth had taught her this: that love, in the end, was all that mattered. Friends, families, suitors, husbands: Goodness abounded in all of them.

She put others first, and she never felt the need to shine." "But she did shine," Sam said. "People loved her." "That was her secret," Dana said, picturing her sister's smile. "She shined from within.

Jane seemed to just like her. She liked her without wanting anything in return:

Sam said. "He goes to the soup kitchen.

I have a theory about the assists we get in life. Only rarely can we repay those people who helped us, but we can pass that help along to others.

That's a lovely idea, Diana," said Anne enthusiastically. "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. Thank you, Diana.

Hate is only love that has missed its way.

When you've saved a creature's life you're bound to love it. It's next thing to giving life.

And when people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite—always

What is gold if love and good wishes count for anything?

I shall govern by affection.

When you talk about love, and family, invariably too you are talking about compassion. This would include the notion that we are all just lumped together, and tolerance is a virtue.

Forgiving's a choice you make—a gift you give to somebody even if they don't deserve it. It costs nothing, but it makes you feel rich for giving it away.

You don't know me, but I know about you...I can't make you live longer. I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me.

We're all on the journey of a lifetime. God is our shepherd, and we have only to do what He asks of us. Kindness for one another, love for each other, that is what will change the world. Medicine can heal the body. But only God can make well the human soul.

Kindness is both wild and wise.

One man's weakness is another man's mercy.

Hating's easy. Couldn't be easier. It's just a default setting. The easy way out. It's all the rest that's actually hard.

Don't let us quarrel. We all have our weaknesses, dear friends; so we must strive to be considerate of one another. And since this poor boy is hungry and has nothing whatver to eat, let us all remain quiet and allow him to sleep; for it is said that in sleep a mortal may forget even hunger. - Scarecrow

All the important roles shortly boiled down to one: remember your with other people; show some consideration.

Il modo in cui ci comportiamo con gli altri, anche nelle cose più piccole, è una misura del nostro valore come esseri umani.