Quotes About Kindness

anyone who has no feelings for animals has a dead heart.

It is not human to be wise," said Blood. "It is much more human to err, though perhaps exceptional to err on the side of mercy.

Weird...something happens when you smile at people. They smile back

Love is contagious. Be a carrier!

Heal the world, one broken heart at a time.

Love is a commodity whose treasure-house increases when we give it out.

To know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.

the surest way to love our neighbor, Teresa advises, is not to dream of doing big deeds for our neighbor "one day," but to take advantage of the little, everyday opportunities that present themselves in ordinary life.

shun rash judgment. Even if you should see your neighbor doing what is wrong, refuse to pass judgment on him, excuse him instead. Excuse his intention even if you cannot excuse his act, which may be the fruit of ignorance or surprise or chance.27

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self... this is to have succeeded.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.