Quotes About Kindness

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

Everything I've ever thought about doing has been, in some sense, about helping people.

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.

There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to be done.

The best word to describe my father? Thoughtful. There was a tender quality to Dad that his sense of fun could sometimes mask. But, above all, he was sensitive and looked out for those he loved.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!

I think it's a shame when people don't see the funny, thoughtful Mark that I know. He is incredibly sensitive and really cares about what other people need and want and really wants to be able to make someone else's day. And that's the Mark that I see.

My parents were loving, caring, generous and thoughtful.

I have been accused of being a Pollyanna, but I think there are plenty of people dealing with the darker side of human nature, and if I am going to write about people who are kind and generous and loving and thoughtful, so what?

She is one of the nicest people I've ever met. No one is more thoughtful than Christine Bleakley.

If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or cynical or thoughtless to another person. I never wanted to be that type of comedian.

Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

Never far from my thoughts are memories of being a little girl in Queens, N.Y., our family of five crowded in a small one-bedroom apartment, struggling to learn English and survive a new life in a new country, America. We humbly and gratefully still recall the kindnesses shown by strangers and neighbors who became new friends.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth.

In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

Good people can get you out of a thousand problems with charm and kindness.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

The Koran teaches that deeds of unselfish kindness will be rewarded in heaven. I've given you precious food and for this unselfishness I will find reward. But now I shall go further. I am going to give you work.

You have a funny way of showing how much you don't like me." "I don't like gophers, either, but I wouldn't leave one to suffer. I'd shoot it to put it out of its misery.

I'm here to do whatever Mademoiselle might desire me to do for her," Ayesha said, in her soft voice. "It will be my pleasure to please Mademoiselle in every way.