Quotes About Kindness

Take heed, you who read this, & drop to your knees now & again like the poet Christopher Smart, & kiss the earth & be joyful, & make much of your time, & be kindly to everyone, even to those who do not deserve it. For although you may not believe it will happen, you too will one day be gone, I, whose Levi's ripped at the crotch for no reason, assure you that such is the case. Pass it on.

Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.

Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.

A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.

How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.

Search for contentment in each person you meet.

Always treat people with respect and kindness, for they may be selected to be on your jury.

I dream of a simple church marked by the simple proposition that we are "otherly.

About 5 percent of love is romantic. The other 95 percent is something else. It's caring for another more than yourself. It's empathy and compassion and sacrifice. It's setting aside your own concerns to lift someone else.

He thinks I will hit him. Strike him, with a large stick. Foolish mule. Oh no, I am much more cunning. I will surprise him with kindness… until he grows calm and dispenses with all watchfulness, and then… ha! I shall punch him in the nose! Won't he be surprised! No mule can match wits with me. Oh yes, many have tried, and almost all have failed!

It is an extraordinary act of courage,' said Tulas Shorn, 'to come to know a stranger's pain.

Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.

I don't slam doors in people's faces, and I'm not a bigot.

In a perfect world, I don't think any man should slap anyone.

I would never say anything derogatory about another actor even in my sleep.

I buy sleeping bags, food, gloves and warmers, and I just usually go out in Bath, which is where I'm from, and hand them out. I've done it on Christmas Eve, schedule allowing.

I think it's important for service to be a part of your life instead of an option. It's awesome to make it a point to do something that's gonna make the world slightly better than you left it.

I've had enough of the bleak headlines and divisive politics, dark TV dramas and hate-filled social media. I'm embracing a new movement with a slightly ridiculous name and a single mission, to make the world a better place. It's called 'hopepunk'.

We want to make it clear that Indiana's open for business. We want to make it clear that Hoosier hospitality is not a slogan, it's our way of life. It's the reason why people come here from around the world and they come back again and again. Because Hoosiers are the kindest, most generous, most decent people in the world.

Let us be kind to one another and be slow to anger.

It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.

The good thing is that people have slowly started helping each other and not shunning Corona patients to a corner.

The world has only one border. It is called humanity. The differences between us are small compared to our shared humanity. Put humans first.