Quotes About Kindness

You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you, as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble.

If you don't have anything nice to say... dead silence creates a lot awkwardness.

What I do with impressions, I try not to be mean-spirited. To me, it's just about being silly.

John Cheever was the first writer I ever read who sort of had that similar sensation that, you know, life is nasty, miserable, brutish and short, but that occasionally, there's a certain river of light, a kind word, a telling gesture that sort of illuminates something.

For years, friends in Springfield, Missouri, have remarked on the physical resemblance between Brad Pitt and his only brother, Doug. But the two share a deeper similarity: their commitment to charitable causes.

I have learnt from Simon Cowell that anything is possible if you work hard enough and also that acts of kindness or giving somebody a few minutes of your time can have a massive impact on their life and their future.

The purpose of life is to help others, and if you can't help them, won't you at least not hurt them? I know that is a platitude, that that is sentimental and can easily be attacked. But loving, caring is simple, and we make it complex. Our own neuroses make it complex.

Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.

The simple act of caring is heroic.

What's fulfilling is being happy and being able to help other people. The simple things.

I just want people to realize that it doesn't take much to be a good person. Simple things is all it takes.

The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.

Civility is not simply about manners.

The amateur is often unkind or insensitive to others, but she saves her most exquisite cruelty for herself.

swear to you, friends, by all the gods, he seems to me happier in doing us kindnesses than in enriching himself.

Never lose the common touch," he told her afterward. "Never think anyone is better than you, but never assume you're superior to anyone else. Try and be decent to everyone, until they give you a reason not to.

Lord, help me to be a good wife. I fully realize that I don't have what it takes to be one without Your help. Take my selfishness, impatience, and irritability and turn them into kindness

Rejection brings out the worst in people. Love and acceptance bring out the best.

Teach us how to openly express love for one another, and keep us from any laziness or selfishness that would cause us to neglect to do that. Help us to refuse to speak words that tear down, but only words that build up (Ephesians 4:29).

and life-giving. Ask God to be in charge of your marriage, and tell Him you will do whatever it takes to see that it becomes all it was intended to be. Even if it means being nice when you don't feel like it.

When a wise woman speaks, her words are gracious. Ask God to help you find words that speak life to those around you.

Decency, kindness, humility, compassion—all touchstones of a Christian faith—have no value in today's Republican Party. All his life, Donald Trump has believed these to be weaknesses, and now that is the view of the party he leads.

Don't be a complainer, and always think before you speak. Stay away from gossip, offensive language, or off-color jokes.

I wondered if I'd ever be nice enough to volunteer for anything. I was hoping not.