Quotes about Kindness
Listen carefully to what I am saying—and be wary of the shrewd advice that tells you how to get ahead in the world on your own. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity. Stinginess impoverishes." NEVER WITHOUT A STORY
— Eugene Peterson
The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.
— Eugene Peterson
Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples — when they see the love you have for each other.
— Eugene Peterson
God comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.-2 Corinthians 1:4
— Eugene Peterson
Mercy to the needy is a loan to God, and God pays back those loans in full.
— Eugene Peterson
When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.
— Euripides
May I gain no victory that harms me or my opponent. May I reconcile friends who are mad at each other. May I, insofar as I can, give all necessary help to my friends and to all who are in need. May I never fail a friend in trouble. -- Prayer on the Golden Rule (abridged)
— Eusebius of Caesarea
We all need to be careful in this world, but I promise you, for every bad person on this earth there's a hundred good ones.
— Beth Hoffman
When my need to appear right is greater than my desire to display God's love, I will inevitably treat people with judgment, disrespect and harshness.
— Bill Johnson
All of God's judgments are aimed at whatever interferes with love.
— Bill Johnson
Things are visible to those who have faith and generosity, enabling them to call the destiny out in others
— Bill Johnson
Let us always love the best in others—and never fear their worst.
— Bill Wilson