Quotes about Kindness

It's easy to see the negative, but every person has something great about them. Develop a habit of looking for the good.

It's man's sympathy, with all Gods creatures, that makes him truly a man.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Treat people with dignity and respect.

If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.

Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that I wanted to buy her groceries, the government was already doing that. I wanted to buy her dignity. And yet, by judging her, I was the one taking her dignity away.

If we hear, in our inner ear, a voice saying we are failures, we are losers, we will never amount to anything, this is the voice of Satan trying to convince the bride that the groom does not love her. This is not the voice of God. God woos us with kindness. He changes out of character with the passion of his love.

Almost without exception the most beautiful, selfless people I've met are ones who've experienced personal tragedy.