Quotes About Kindness

Thanks for what?" he said. "Everything," I said.

There are times...when we find ourselves in a position of great purpose. It may be that the apt word, spoken at the apt moment, leads to great good in the world—and most often, that is a word of kindness and encouragement.

Money is good for the good it can do for you and for others.

What's the ONE Thing I can do to help others...

If you really care about animals, then stop trying to figure out how to exploit them 'compassionately'. Just stop exploiting them.

That's what's so difficult about Jesus' call to love others. On one level, it's easy to love God, because God doesn't smell. God doesn't have bad breath. God doesn't reward kindness with evil. God doesn't make berating comments. Loving God is easy, in this sense. But Jesus really let us have it when he attached our love for God with our love for other people.

Humility is about the little things in life, and marriage is 90 percent small stuff. We don't build humility on giant gestures as much as forge it with consistent, thoughtful actions day after day.

Abraham's servant prayed for success: "O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham" (Gen. 24:12 NASB). This is the first time in Scripture that we read of someone asking God for specific guidance.

spend much of their time and effort trying to bring people down to their level of misery rather than blessing others with joy and encouragement.

If you have an extra shirt to give to a toxic person, be kind. If you can give to a difficult individual without taking time away from a reliable individual, go for it. But if your investment of time and money keeps you from fulfilling your ministry and fighting your own battles, including investing in other reliable people, it's time to reevaluate. It's time to say no—even to your children.

response—"Lord, how can I love him [or her] today like he [or she] has never been loved?" The answer may be very practical: take over a chore, speak a word of encouragement, take care of something that needs fixing. Or it may be romantic, or over-the-top creative, or generous, or very simple.

We learn to love imperfect people by serving them out of reverence for a perfect God...

we want to be like Jesus, we need to begin initiating love toward others — starting with our spouses and moving on to friends, family, and coworkers.

I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.

Be Friendly and Smile from Within – Charismatic people are always friendly and project a certain warmth when they are interacting with people.

Sometimes we feel helpless when it comes to serving others because it seems that we can't do anything. We have all heard others say "Don't just stand there, do something." That's not always what people need. Often, they simply need someone to create space for them. In other words, "Don't just do something, stand there!

O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion!

When you give a feast, do not invite your friends or your rich neighbors, in case they might invite you in return, and you would be repaid," she said, gazing down at her hands on the bar. "Invite the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you.

We can be kind, generous, just, courteous, and merciful sporadically, but to display those virtues, consistently, calls for an enormous display of courage.

You become aware of the damage that you do to your own body when you feel and act without compassion.

if there is not compassion in your heart also for those who abuse and oppress—for those who have no compassion—do you not become like them? Compassion is being moved to and by acts of the heart, to and by the energy of love.

If what you offer to others is not sensitive, if it does not support and nourish, if it does not empower but disempowers them, it will be met with resistance at some level, and that resistance will be the counterpart of your energy that seeks to disempower, or to control.

So?utno srce je u?inkovitejše proti zlu kot vojska. Vojska lahko napade drugo vojsko, ne more pa napasti zla. So?utno srce lahko napade zlo neposredno- privede Lu?, tja kjer je ni bilo.

You change when you expand your awareness to include the well-being of others.