Quotes About Kindness

Remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.

Those in pain have no time for the pain they cause.

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

her face might be kindly if she would smile

Stretch your hand towards those gentle eyes that regard you with such trust

all she ever wanted was to be protected by layer upon layer of kind, soft, insulating money

So that made me happy but the part that really made me happy was that you wanted me to be happy. That's what Thank you means.

She was a more charitable person than I was; I admired her in that, but I could not emulate her.

Her face might be kindly if she would smile. But the frown isn't personal: it's the red dress she disapproves of, and what it stands for. She thinks I may be catching, like a disease or any form of bad luck.

recently returned from Boston, where she was staying with her Aunt, to broaden her education. She has turned out a charming young woman, everything one might wish for, and displayed a courtesy and gentle kindness many would admire, and which is worth so much

But compassion takes work, and we were young.

Roz is crying again. What she's mourning is her own good will. She tried so hard, she tried so hard to be kind and nurturing, to do the best thing. But Tony and the twins were right: no matter what you do, somebody always gets boiled.

Is there no end to his disguises, of benevolence?

In the moment just before giving, I am loved.

My mother said Aunt Pauline meant kindly but had standards, which were all very well for those that could afford them.

Thank you for bringing me this fish. Thank you means: Thank you means you did something good for me. Or something you thought was good. And that good thing was giving me a fish. So that made me happy, but the part that really made me happy was that you wanted me to be happy. That's what Thank you means. No, you don't need to give me another fish. I am happy enough for now.

Is there no end to his diguises of benevolence?

I finished my tea. This was the moment, I felt, when I should thank him graciously for his kindness and leave. Otherwise we would have to exchange the stories of our lives and I was too depressed about mine to want to do that.

The opposite of 'mean' is 'doormat

I buy licorice whips, jelly beans, many-layered blackballs with the seed in the middle, packages of fizzy sherbet you suck up through a straw. I dole them out equally, these offerings, these atonements, into the waiting hands of my friends. In the moment just before giving, I am loved.

remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.

in this world you have to take your bits and ends of kindness where you can find them, as they do not grow on trees.

I just want to love everyone. I don't care if that sounds stupid. I want to love everyone.

If you are generous with your heart, you have no idea of the depth & breadth of love's reach.