Quotes About Kindness

Power is the ability to do good things for others.

Sometimes just showing up for someone else is good enough. I

But happiness is something you can create or access. Being kind to yourself and having compassion for yourself can connect you to yourself and the happiness that is already residing within you. You cannot go on a path of self-criticism and expect to find joy at the end.

You are only as pretty as you are nice and smart.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

That we ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

Surprisingly, it is often when wandering through the emotional carnage left by the worst of humankind that we find the best of humanity as well.

When a man knows somebody cares he keeps some small place, a corner maybe of his soul clean and lit.

Generosity overpowers greed.

When man is brutalized in such a place like this, he is looking for small signs. The smallest sign that someone is worried for him is like a fire on the dark mountain. When a man knows somebody cares, he keeps some small place, a corner maybe of his soul, clean and lit.

He knew nothing of earls and castles; he was quite ignorant of all grand and splendid things; but he was always lovable because he was simple and loving. To be so is like being born a king.

The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.

The receiving is the giving. It's the most genuine thing you can give back. That's what they wanted to give you in the first place.

When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.

Reality is always kinder than the stories we tell about it.

He is just like everyone else, except that he no longer believes that in this moment things should be different than they are. Therefore in all circumstances he remains at ease in the world, is efficient without the slightest effort, keeps his lightness of heart whatever happens, and, without intending to, acts with kindness toward himself and everyone else. He is who you are once you meet your mind with understanding.

It's not up to my employees to accomplish what I want; it's up to me. I'm the boss. And the reason that firing you is so kind is that I've just released you from a torture chamber and allowed you to move into a space where you are qualified. And because of my clarity and kindness, the position is open for the right person to move into it. Anything less than that is masochism: it's unkind to you and to me.

When you think that people should be kind to you, the reverse is true: You should be kind to them and to yourself

La realidad es siempre más amable que las historias que contamos sobre ella.

Each of us is the ultimate expert on the gentleness and understanding we deserve.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbour; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

purpose for every conversation you have, in every personal interaction, is that the person who hears you will receive grace. We

you should not insult yourself so, sir. Is there not enough suffering in the world?

A will to be unkind is like a sickness. It can be healed or driven out. But to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness: difficult to cure, because you cannot see the fault even as you commit it.