Quotes About Kindness

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

No matter how we suffer, we have an obligation to others. We have to be unselfish enough to try to live in the right way, so others can get through their own lives without us fouling them up.

You have a nice day, you hear?

He didn't exactly look kind, but he looked less detached. "He was your enemy, and now he is dead," he said. "This is cause for rejoicing." "Not exactly," I said. I didn't know how to explain. "You're a Christian," he said, as if he'd discovered I was a hermaphrodite or a fruitarian. "I'm a real bad one," I said hurriedly. His lips compressed, and I could see he was trying hard not to laugh.

I'm so sorry we were late," she was apologizing in her Lauren Bacall gracious woman mode, the one that always made people accept her apology. "John wasn't sure until the last minute whether he felt like coming or not. But I did so want to meet Aurora's new neighbors, and it was so kind of you to invite us…

Humanity is something we're lacking, and I will continue to do my job to bring back those attributes that we lack today in every community.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

Ladies be seated, a laugh doesn't cost you a dime.

I hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent.

Basically, what we've done is, every year we take half the money and allow people who've helped us in the industry to give it away. One year, the ladies who put the pretzel bags in the boxes got to give it away.

Cara Buono is a lovely, lovely lady.

My philosophy is that one must always give a lady what she wants. That never goes out of style.

The land of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, and Subash Chandra Bose has mesmerised me. I am really happy to meet such lovely people, good and kindhearted people.

I had a lot of luck in meeting great musicians who were kind enough to show me things.

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

Be a member of the human race. Love somebody. Change the world.

At a personal level, there's ample evidence that being aware of your emotions and generous to yourself improves your physical and mental health, as well as your relationships with others.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

The essence of justice is mercy.

I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life.

I definitely look up to Meryl Streep because she's been in so many amazing movies, and I just think that she's one of the greatest actresses out there. I also look up to Jennifer Lawrence, especially knowing her and knowing that she is so awesome and so nice.

The fact is, there's good people everywhere. That's what I try and show in my stand-up: good people everywhere. All it takes is one person to mess it up.

I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.