Quotes About Kindness

I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing, therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. —Proverbial saying

be friendly. 'I'm not totally without a brain, Sasha. Of course

meant well, and they had all been very good to her. Mrs Thornton was forever telling her to consider The Meadow her home, and she had even turned the little box room at the end of the second-floor landing into a bedroom for her. Mrs Thornton had insisted she keep a few clothes there, and when she had visited Gwen in November she had left behind

When bad things happen or you don't get your own way, if you can open your heart to compassion instead of shunting it down in anger, you're going to create more light.

The way she had offered to try to help Harry, who had been not just an asset of mine, but a rare friend, an offer that had been as sincere as it was ultimately useless.

I thought of an expression my father had once told me: Be good to people on your way up. You may meet them again on your way down.

Treat me well, and I'll treat you better. Treat me badly, and I'll treat you worse.

All we have is compassion and stories.

Always accept all compliments. Ignore any other remarks."     —Kay Oss

Charity had discovered there were things you didn't want to tell. Shame wasn't the reason. Sometimes it was just better-kinder- to keep up a front

If you can't love anybody today, at least try not to hurt anybody.

Pity arises from meeting pain with fear. Compassion comes when you meet it with love.

When being loving becomes even more important than being loved, true devotion is experienced. A loving that does not depend on getting what we want but on offering what the world and our hearts cry out for.

You could look the whole world over and never find anyone more deserving of love than yourself.

Making room in our heart for our own pain, we make room in our heart for theirs.

love is the only gift worth giving.

Few of us can do great things, but all of us can do small things with great love. MOTHER TERESA

in relationships, the little things are the big things.

It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

The history of the world teaches that the power of joy in people doesn't come in getting, it always comes in giving, contributing, adding more. The more you give, the more you live. If you're about something better, live for something higher than self.

To not say the unkind or critical thing, particularly when provoked and/or fatigued, is a supreme kind of self-mastery.

Love is a value that is actualized through loving actions.

Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb. So

When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes them possible, they often become insensitive and inconsiderate, reflecting the little kindnesses and courtesies so important to a deep relationship. They begin to use control leavers to manipulate each other, to focus on their own needs, to justify their own position and look for evidence to show the wrongness of the other person