Quotes About Kindness

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

God has given us two hands--one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

You'll never be a wonderful woman or even a wonderful human being until you learn to have some regard for human frailty.

People who are not easy to like, they have feelings just like nice people do.

6. You want to help him.

We offer love to our customers. And in return, we receive the finest smiles. And even if we cannot return their affection, at least we can offer a rose.

Kyoya: I don't like this food. But do you think I'd be so inhuman as to complain after you treated me? That's a rude assumption.

It was a kindness that was hard to understand... and the most selfishness she's ever shown.

Love Egoist What I find really sad is... his smiles, his kindness... are inspired by a love potion and they don't really mean anything!

Romantic Egoist What I find really sad is... his smiles, his kindness... are inspired by a love potion and they don't really mean anything!

One of the greatest feelings you'll ever get - knowing that you are the reason behind another persons' smile.

The secret of friendship is just the secret of all spiritual blessing. The way to get is to give.

Sentiment does not amount to much, if it is not an inspiring force to lead to gentle and to generous deeds when there is need.

Sympathy is not a quality merely needed in adversity. It is needed as much when the sun shines.

Doc's a sweet little man, five-eightish,

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from ye door.

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars; General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer.

He remembered a story he'd once heard about a girl throwing starfish into the ocean. "An old man comes along and says to her, 'Don't bother. There's millions of them out here. You can't save them. What you're doing won't make a difference.' She looks at the starfish in her hand and says, 'It makes a difference to this one.' And she throws it into the ocean. Lily was one of my starfish.

Why should you take by force that from us which you can have by love?

I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

I learned something that day. When I said that my life as a mom, wife and household manager left me with nothing the marketplace wanted, I was wrong. There was something else I'd learned over those years, and that was how to be a friend. How to care. How to make people feel good about themselves. And that, my friends, is something the marketplace wants very much—always has, always will.