Quotes About Kindness

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Asked by a shocked bystander how he could do this, Lincoln said, "Madam, do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" This is the power of redemptive love.

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. We never get rid of an enemy by meeting hate with hate; we get rid of an enemy by getting rid of enmity.

The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love

It's not only us who need your help, it's all those other poor bastards who might be on the receiving end.

Tell me how much you have entered into the suffering of those around you, and I will tell you how much you love them.

Rather, think of etiquette as a philosophy of living and enjoying life with grace, compassion, and respect for others.

Treating others with kindness, consideration, and respect was timeless. All should be aware of how their actions affect others in their daily lives. Marriage

People give pain, are callous and insensitive, empty and cruel . . . but place heals the hurt, soothes the outrage, fills the terrible vacuum that these human beings make.' " She put her hands on Dora's shoulders. "Do you know who said that?" "No." "Your namesake. Eudora Welty.

Life, if lived well, was enjoying random acts of kindness that elicited joy from giver and receiver alike. Each time she was reminded of this, she vowed to try to be a better giver than a receiver.

She never wanted to hurt anyone's feelings. But in the end, she hurt herself.

Love, I have discovered, does not judge. It just is.

Sit down, please. It makes me tired to see you stand there.

It is only goodness which gives extra...

Todas las demás cosas, nuestros poderes, nuestros deseos, nuestro alimento, todos son realmente necesarios en primera instancia para nuestra existencia. Pero esta rosa se nos da por añadidura. Su aroma y su color son un adorno de la vida, no una condición de ésta. Sólo la bondad se da por añadidura y por eso, repito, tenemos mucho que esperar de las flores.

have wrought my simple plan      If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man,      Or the man who's half a boy.

Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous woman, but what would the poor superfluous man do without her kindly presence?

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man, Or the man who's half a boy.

La amabilidad de ciertas personas es más mortífera que la violencia de gentes más rudas.

I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world.

I was thanking him for...well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose.

I wasn't thanking him for the coin, or even for the trouble he'd taken in stopping to help me. I was thanking him for... well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose.