Quotes About Kindness

Spread the Gospel. If necessary, use words.

Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.

Upon this, Bernard went and sold all that he had. Now he was very rich, and with great joy he distributed his wealth to widows, to orphans, to prisoners, to monasteries, to hospitals, and to pilgrims, in all which St Francis assisted him with prudence and fidelity.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus…. Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out.

the lovable is not scarce- it is everywhere. Everything you touch is lovable. There is a hufe surplus, a thousand wonderful things to do, see, feel, taste and smell and a million wonderful people to respond to, talk to, do things for, and delight in, ideas to play with, skills to learn, pictures to paint, songs to sing, grass to mow, poems to write, food to cook and dishes to wash. Each of these is one more occasion to love, out of countless such.

I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.

The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness.

We do well to remember dolphins. If a dolphin ails, then others come alongside and nudge him gently through the waters; because a dolphin must keep moving in order to keep breathing. We all have need of our dolphins alongside us from time to time.

Those whom we find most difficult to love are those who need our love the most. The reason others seem unlovable is usually because they have already been hurt, and they are reacting to those hurts. They are suffering in their personalities the wounds of rejection. They need others who will love them with a God kind of love. Each additional rejection intensifies the wounds of previous rejections. 1

Make your default mode one of generosity. It's a nice way to live, and it's contagious.

A little love and attention can go a long way...too bad more people don't realize that.

We are part of nature yet we have decided to be nicer than nature.

Who someone is and what they do is all that matters. This is especially true because who we are changes as we grow and as we change our minds. Furthermore, we are never really of one mind about anything. Belief is never the point—actions are. We can be of two minds about biology or God but treat everyone around us with kindness.

How we treat others is the only proof of truth we have.

Mean People Suck!" And that goes especially for people who are mean in the name of love.

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.

Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world.

How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human

If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.