Quotes About Kindness

How good would a Good Samaritan be, if a Good Samaritan would only intend to do good?

The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions.

Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no time on wreaths of green; Whose lips have words of comfort spread Needs not the holly-berries red— His very presence scatters wide The spirit of the Christmastide.

Life is cruel enough without unnecessary brutality. Fight it.

For the multifold secret to work only one thing is necessary. You must take action. You must give. You must share. You must act with abandon. Send out waves of love and kindness into the world and then simply wait for the response. Or, better yet, continue to send out more waves. Why wait? The response will come. Keep sending waves and enjoy the reaction.

Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.

People are basically good.

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror. —Ken Keyes, Jr.

It is a hard fact that cruel actions differ from kind ones, and hence that we can learn, as in fact we all do, to distinguish them fairly well in practice, and to use the words 'cruel' and 'kind' with fairly clear descriptive meanings; but is it an equally hard fact that actions which are cruel in such a descriptive sense are to be condemned?

Now, I appeal to the consciences of those who persecute, wound, torture, and kill other men on the excuse of 'religion', whether they do this in a spirit of friendship and kindness.

Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.

It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.

Meyer is a transcendent warmth, the listening ear of a total understanding and forgiveness, a humble wisdom.

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

Maturity beings to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

Some people say, "If you have got nothing good to say, don't say it." I say, "If you have lots of good things to say, why not say them?" - John Magee

Make kindness an integral part of what you think, say and do. And, I assure you of this. It will give you a life filled with inner peace, love, joy, and happiness. -John Magee

A greeting, gesture or a giggle…leave other people feeling better than before they met you." -John Magee

I make people uncomfortable. The kind ones get angry because their kindness doesn't work. The unkind ones get angry because they think I'm attacking them.

In this life of froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.

Laughter's meant to be loving, wrapping itself around you like a hug, but when it's aimed at me, it seems cruel.

In this life of froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.

I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too.

Good King Wenceslas looked outOn the feast of Stephen,When the snow lay round about,Deep and crisp and even.