Quotes about Kindness

For what are we born if not to aid one another? And to listen and say nothing is a cold enough aid.

When you love, you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.

Serving is a way we can place value on one another. A wise man is a server.

Power in the hands of a good person is like a cool drink of water on a hot summer day. It refreshes everyone with whom it comes in contact.

I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit. I will forgive even those who do not ask for forgiveness.

How we treat, talk about, respond to, and care for one another is the identifying mark of a genuine Jesus follower. Not what we believe.

Kindness is love's response to weakness.

So, leveraging Jesus' teaching on love, Paul gives us the grown-up version of what love really is. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Cor 13:4 — 8)

Patience is the decision to move at someone else's pace rather than pressure him or her to match yours.

Patience is simply a way of putting the other person first. Patience is an expression of submission.

God will always nudge us in the direction of kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control.16 When in doubt, max those out.

Love fills the gaps. Love reduces the friction created by our limited insight, knowledge, and judgment-inhibiting experiences. There is much I don't know. There are things I'll never understand. But my ignorance does not impede my capacity to put others first.