Quotes About Kindness

My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

There are times when it is prudent to turn the other cheek, especially when it comes to spouses, family members, and friends. Courtesy and love are contagious and are far more effective over the long-haul than trying to ruin the reputation and well-being of another. (Chapter 7)

Preach the Gospel, and if you must, use words," comes to mind.

Nobody is completely self-made; return the favors and good fortune.

No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up.

He responded to each person he met as if he were already a friend.

In our finest hours, though, the soul of the country manifests itself in an inclination to open our arms rather than to clench our fists;

We judge others based on our love level. When we are full of love we have no room left for judgment.

Vid ett tillfälle var det ett ungt vårdbiträde som utan att tänka sig för sträckte ut sin hand när hon inte hade skyddshandskarna på och tråkade hans tårar.

Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.

Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.

Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

True gratitude or thankfulness to God for his kindness to us, arises from a foundation laid before, of love to God for what he is in himself; whereas a natural gratitude has no such antecedent foundation. The gracious stirrings of grateful affection to God, for kindness received, always are from a stock of love already in the heart, established in the first place on other grounds, viz. God's own excellency.

And those who have well received and entertained them shall be gloriously rewarded: Matt. x. 40, 41, "He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

Empathy is an antidote to righteousness

principle of charity, which says that one should interpret other people's statements in their best, most reasonable form, not in the worst or most offensive way possible.

The Care/harm foundation

I am a liberal, and liberalism is the politics of kindness. Liberals stand for tolerance, magnanimity, community spirit, the defense of the weak against the powerful, love of learning, freedom of belief, art and poetry, city life, the very things that make America worth dying for.50

This wasn't about who liked who; this was a human being who did not deserve what happened to him.

Save words like 'sorry.' Save for the dead. Living don't need them.

They was just starving people is all. I fed them. Talked to them. Listened. That ain't hoodoo. Just plain sense. The magic weren't in the food. It was in the seeing.

If you'd blush saying something in person, don't write it.

how aging equips us to be happier and kinder, even as our bodies get frailer. I'll introduce social thinkers and reformers who are exploring and mapping a whole new stage of adult development.

Daily we should take account and ask: What have I done today to alleviate the anguish, to mitigate the evil, to prevent humiliation."15 Tellingly,