Quotes About Kindness

Anger is effortless, Lucian. Kindness is hard.

There's no pain on earth that doesn't require a benevolent witness.

but now when I'm reviled, I try to look the other way. It does the world no good to return evil for evil. I try now to return good to them instead.

handed me a drying towel. "You

It's always a marvel when one's pain doesn't settle into bitterness, but brings forth kindness instead.

It's always a marvel when one's pain doesn't settle into bitterness, but brings forth kindness instead

He gazed at me with kindness and pity. "To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.

Your goodness will not be forgotten, I told him. Not a single act of your love will be squandered. You've brought God's kingdom as you hoped-you've planted it in our hearts.

He gazed at me with kindness and pity. "To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil." I turned

You don't have to feel love for her. Only try to act with love.

It seemed like an original act, the very kindest act of being human, that he listened.

Remember this! It is never an entire people who is cruel; it is merely individuals who exert their will on others.

Traitez bien les prisonniers, nourissez-les comme vos propres soldats, afin qu'il se trouvent mieux chez vous qu'ils ne l'étaient dans leur propre camp ou dans leur patrie. (article II)

There's a difference between charity and love, I said. What we're offering is love. Love lasts forever.

You cannot repay evil with evil.

What good are kindness, self-sacrifice, energy, and a sense of responsibility if they are so jealously guarded that only one's brothers and sisters may benefit from them? —Melita Maschmann

The three generous men of the Island of Britain. Nudd the Generous, son of Senllyt. Mordaf the Generous, son of Serwan. Rhydderch the Generous, son of Tydwal Tudglyd. And Arthur himself was more generous than the three.

Manipulation paints people into a corner: to fight it, they have to hurt someone who's "just trying to be nice." For most people it seems easier to give in.

Goodness is not its own reward in this world. Those who help are sometimes destroyed first

It's important to give people the benefit of the doubt even if they don't deserve it.

A lot of people think I chose these children because they have problems. That's not true. I chose these children because they touched my heart.

Forgiveness is a gift given by those with a full heart.

He was funny and charming, but also kind. It seemed the older she got, the more she appreciated kindness in people.

She thought about how she felt when she was around him and how he'd always been the best man she'd ever known. She thought about his kindness and thoughtfulness, how he made her laugh and how she knew, when something bad happened, that he would be there. She thought about how she wanted to take care of him and be there for him, so he would know, no matter what, that she had his back.