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Japanese Proverb A kind word can warm three months of winter.
Anon. Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away. When I am gone, I hope it can be said of me that I plucke
Addison Walker I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Stephen Grellet Often paraphrased as: Always be a little kinder than necessary.
James Barrie Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
Randolph Ray Kindness is the life's blood, the elixir of marriage. Kindness makes the difference between passion and caring. Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love ... Kindness is good will. Kindness says, 'I want you to be happy.' Kindness comes very close to the benevolence of God.
Mother Theresa Spread love everywhere you go First of all in your own house...let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
Mao Zedong Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Dan Kelly The effects of kindness are not always seen immediately, Sometimes it takes years until your kindness will pay off, And is returned to you. And sometimes you never see the fruits of your labors, But they are there, Deep inside of the soul of the one you touched.
Samuel Butler Truth is generally kindness, but where the two diverge and collide, kindness should override truth.
Seneca Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
SHAKS.: _Tam. of the S.,_ Act iv., Sc. 2. Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.
Henry Drummond Kindness is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.
American Proverb Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.
Dan Kelly Tell others of the positive effects of their actions. It will help return the kindness they showed to you.
Margaret Fuller When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.
William Shakespeare Yet do I fear thy nature It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.
Walter Savage Landor Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
Steve Pershing Always treat people with respect and kindness, for they may be selected to be on your jury.
Mark Twain Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read.
1 Chronicles 1634 TLB Bible Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good His love and His kindness go on forever.
Scott Adams Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
William Wordsworth The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life.
Kahlil Gibran Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
Jean Babtiste Henri Lacordaire Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.
Annie Lennox Ask yourself Have you been kind today Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
William Wordsworth That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
Julia A. Fletcher Carney Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the heaven above.
JOHN TOBIN: _Honeymoon,_ Act ii., Sc. 1. The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 't were gross flattery to name a coward.
Adam L. Gordon Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone -- Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.
Kahlil Gibran I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
Mother Theresa Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God-the rest will be given.
Confucius To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Samuel Johnson Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
Mark Twain ...gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted. In time, you are made to realize that the kindness done you is become a curse and you wish it had not happened.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 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.
Emma Goldman No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
WORDSWORTH: _Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey._ That best portion of a good man's life,-- His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.
Dean Koontz We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great capacity for love, friendship, generosity, kindness, faith, hope, and joy.
Saint Basil A tree is known by its fruit a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Richard Dehmel A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.
Arab Proverb Blessed is he who speaks a kindness thrice blessed is he who repeats it.
Barbara DeAngelis Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
Anon. Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away. When I am gone, I hope it can be said of me that I plucke
Dalai Lama This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple the philosophy is kindness.
Henri Frdric Amiel Liberty, equality - bad principles The only true principle for humanity is justice and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
Stephan Grellet I expect to pass through this world but once any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Addison Walker I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Robert Merton Solow It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is no that they will then be nice to you. It is that you will feel better about yourself.
Arab Proverb A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
Brian Tracy In life you can never be too kind or too fair everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-ideaed individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas.
Albert Einstein The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
Samuel Johnson We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
There are no thanks for a kindness, which has been delayed.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
The best of the houses is the house where an orphan gets love and kindness.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Spontaneous kindness is to hipsters as high beams are to deer.
Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Beauty.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.
Perhaps better we not obscure the idea that happiness and misery, kindness and greed, and good works and bad deeds are within the capacities of us all, not merely a select few.
To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.
If our actions stem from honesty, kindness, caring, and vision, then no matter what the result of our efforts, we have added something of value to our souls and to the world.
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
"Kindness is my true religion." <The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet>
"Write injuries in sand, kindness in marble." _ French Proverb
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show for any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
"My true religion is kindness." <HH The Dalai Lama>
A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
Strength, courage and power do not exclude kindness, understanding and consideration. You can be strong and kind; you can be courageous and understanding; you can be powerful and considerate.
"Violence is just, where kindness is vain." -- Corneille
"We hate the kindness that we don't understand." -- Thoreau
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is no that they will then be nice to you. It
"The highest wisdom is kindness."
Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith.
Kindness and compassion toward all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, econom
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contempt
Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with re

 

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