Quotes About Kindness

The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for courtesy; but just in proportion to their approach the gentleness of most men diminishes.

And why should the good of anyone depend on the prayer of another? I can only answer with the return question, 'Why should my love be powerless to help another?

By all means tell people, when you are busy about something that must be done, that you cannot spare the time for them except they want of you something of yet more pressing necessity; but tell them, and do not get rid of them by the use of the instrument commonly called the cold shoulder. It is a wicked instrument.

That's right, grannie! And the rich have to look down on the poor. No, my dear. I did not say that. The rich have to be KIND to the poor.

The part of philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbor good must first study how not do do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye.

Only a pure heart can understand, and a pure heart is one that sends out ready hands.

And why should the good of anyone depend on the prayer of another? I can only answer with the return question, "Why should my love be powerless to help another?

On Idle Tongues Let a man do right, not trouble himself about worthless opinion; the less he heeds tongues, the less difficult will he find it to love men.

She did not even trouble herself much to show Godfrey her gratitude. We may spoil gratitude as we offer it, by insisting on its recognition. To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.

la única manera de sentirnos mejor es intentar que otros se sientan mejor, y eso sucede, en parte, porque cuando ayudamos a los demás no pensamos tanto en nosotros mismos. Pues a uno mismo siempre le va bastante bien si no le prestamos demasiada atención.

There can be no better auxiliary against our own sins than to help our neighbour in the encounter with his.

forgive me for feeling so cross and proud towards the unhappy old lady—for

The person who can not bear with a sick man or a baby is not fit to be a woman.

The well-meaning woman was in fact possessed by two devils--the one the stiff-necked devil of pride, the other the condescending devil of benevolence. She was kind, but she must have credit for it

Hence there dwelt in her eyes an appeal which few hearts could resist. When they met another's they seemed to say: 'I am nobody; but you need not kill me ; I am not pretending to be anybody. I will try to do what you want, but I am not clever. Only I am sorry for it. Be gentle with me.

Yes, grannie, you are right. You remember how old dame Hope wouldn't take the money you offered her, and dropped such a disdainful courtesy. It was SO greedy of her, wasn't it?

To do as God does, is to receive God; to do a service to one of his children is to receive the Father.

I hear you have been most kind in visiting the poor

There are a great many more good things than bad things to do.

Do you know my name, child?' 'No, I don't know it,' answered the princess. 'my name is Irene.' 'That's my name!' cried the princess. 'I know that. I let you have mine. I haven't got your name. You've got mine.' 'How can that be?' asked the princess, bewildered. 'I've always had my name.' 'Your papa, the king, asked me if I had any objection to your having it; and, of course, I hadn't. I let you have it with pleasure.

If a man keeps the law, I know he is a lover of his neighbour. But he is not a lover because he keeps the law: he keeps the law because he is a lover.

But Mrs. Wingfold had developed a great aptitude for liking people. Surely more people would allow themselves to be thus changed if they realized how greatly the coming of the kingdom of God is slowed by a simple lack of courtesy.

It is by loving and not by being loved, that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

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