Quotes About Kindness

Life is hard already. Why make it harder?

You have to do good things for people you care about.

also want to say one more thing about the content of this book. Influence includes a lot of bullying and nastiness, and I want to make it clear that it's something I don't condone. I truly hope that the internet becomes a kinder, more accepting place, not a more hateful one. So please, think before you post a comment. Consider that on the other end of an account, there's a living, breathing person with feelings. Be good to one another. And sometimes?

I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn.

The friendship between officers is tarnished by the need for one or another to be promoted. The kindness of a captain is predicated on the obedience and efficiency of his underlings.

Kindness was too painful. It had been a long time since he had had to endure it.

In my heart's most secret place, I pity them as angels do.

I came at last to the ocean And found it wild and black, And I cried to the windless valleys, "Be kind and take me back!

The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

Don't confuse mercy for forgiveness.

Cultivate kindness. Never steal anyone's hope.

We should be careful / Of each other, we should be kind / While there is still time.

I just strive to do better. Every time I meet somebody, I ask myself, "How can I help this person?"

Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.

The world is healed one loving thought at a time.

Nurturing is not complex. It's simply being tuned in to the thing or person before you and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time.

That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.

Find someone who is having a hard time or is ill or lonely, and do something for him or her.

If I had my ministry over again, I would devote far more time to the ministry of comfort and encouragement.

"A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit."

If we worried half as much what others are doing for us and spent twice as much time helping others, we would all be exponentially happier.

More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.

Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don't, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings.