Quotes About Kindness

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.

On the average, a person who cares for other people, for his country, or for mankind, is a happier man than one who does not; but of what use is it to preach this doctrine to a man who cares for nothing but his own ease, or his own pocket? He cannot care for other people if he would. It is like preaching to the worm who crawls on the ground, how much better it would be for him if he were an eagle.

when we say of any one that he is generous. The word generosity expresses a certain state of mind, but being a term of praise, it also expresses that this state of mind excites in us another mental state, called approbation.

A simple test of a civilised human being is how they describe those who have treated them badly.

If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.

The dark side of the Welfare State midwifed by Beatrice Webb and the Fabian socialists is not its superficial purpose of being kind, but its intention of killing with kindness, and thus protecting the interests of the better people, non-violently.

Only when you feel good about yourself can you feel good about others.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing.

Fill each day with life and heart. There is no pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good person takes in doing good.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

The most we can ask, the least we can give, is pity.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

Don't hit your posset with a stick mister, it tends to make you cough.

Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can.

To do good in secret, and shun the world's applause, is the surest testimony of a virtuous heart and self-approving conscience.

To care not for one's self is of little moment, but to care not for those whom one has loved is another matter.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.