It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
~By John Steinbeck ~
Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.
~By Tony Snow ~
One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
~By Bob Schaffer ~
Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.
~By James Oliver ~
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
~By Theodore Isaac Rubin ~
I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness.
~By Blu Cantrell ~
Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.
~By Kin Hubbard ~
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
~By Eric Hoffer ~
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
~By Bryant H. McGill ~
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
~By Dalai Lama ~
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.
~By Emma Goldman ~
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
~By Mason Cooley ~
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
~By Aesop ~
What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.
~By William Makepeace Thackeray ~
When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.
~By Libby Houston ~
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
~By Sophocles ~
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
~By Albert Schweitzer ~
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.
~By Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
~By Henry Van Dyke ~
As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.
~By Svetlana Alliluyeva ~
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
~By Graham Greene ~
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
~By Samuel Johnson ~
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
~By Dalai Lama ~
There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
~By Harriet Ann Jacobs ~
They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness.
~By Graham Greene ~
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
~By Grantland Rice ~
Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.
~By William Shakespeare ~
The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.
~By Princess Diana ~
Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.
~By Martha Gellhorn ~
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
~By Thomas Carlyle ~
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.
~By Frank Howard Clark ~
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
~By Barbara de Angelis ~
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
~By Annie Lennox ~
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
~By Carol Burnett ~
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
~By Scott Adams ~
It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.
~By Sloan Wilson ~
I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.
~By Mangosuthu Buthelezi ~
Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.
~By Sophocles ~
The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
~By Anita Roddick ~
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
~By Frank Herbert ~
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
~By Robert Green Ingersoll ~
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
~By P. D. James ~
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
~By Mark Twain ~
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion.
~By William Falconer ~
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.
~By Caroline Kennedy ~
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
~By Samuel Johnson ~
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
~By John Ruskin ~
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
~By Confucius ~
And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.
~By Martin Scorsese ~
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
~By Audrey Hepburn ~
You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.
~By David Rockefeller ~
There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.
~By Grantland Rice ~
I've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity.
~By Tilda Swinton ~
You have discovered so much kindness and good will to those you thought were oppressed, and had no helper, that I am sure you will not despise what I have wrote, if you judge it will be of any service to them.
~By Jupiter Hammon ~
Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.
~By John McGraw ~
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
Well, I'll tell you something, this wedding is something that I will always, always cherish. It was a show of love and support and kindness like I'd never seen from the people, and that's who I entertain. I entertain the people.
~By Liza Minnelli ~
If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.
~By Roma Downey ~
Kindness is the cause of all anxiety.
~By David D. Burns ~
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
~By Benjamin Franklin ~
But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers.
~By Preston Brooks ~
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
~By Benjamin Jowett ~
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
~By Mencius ~
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
~By Joseph Joubert ~
When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
~By W. Somerset Maugham ~
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
~By Sarah Fielding ~
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
~By Charles Kuralt ~
There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.
~By Gerald Massey ~
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.
~By Evelyn Underhill ~
If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.
~By Nelson DeMille ~
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
~By Og Mandino ~
I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate!
~By Joanna Trollope ~
Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
~By Alexander Pope ~
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
~By William Wordsworth ~
We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time.
~By Hugh Leonard ~
Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
~By Kiana Tom ~
When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
~By Harold Kushner ~
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
~By Thomas Fuller ~
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
~By George Sand ~
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.
~By Joseph Lancaster ~
That is what has happened to the United States in the international economic scene. We have deteriorated into a debtor status so that we are now dependent upon the kindness of strangers. That is not where the world's leading power should find itself.
~By Paul Sarbanes ~
What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.
~By Richard Gere ~
I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it. I love where I live. I love the people. I have been met with such kindness and affection here.
~By George Dzundza ~
Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.
~By Frederick William Faber ~
There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.
~By Friedrich Nietzsche ~
Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
~By Isaac Bashevis Singer ~
I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.
~By Carrie Fisher ~
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
~By Nicolas Chamfort ~
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
~By Saadi ~
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
~By Humphry Davy ~
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
~By Tennessee Williams ~
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
~By Marcel Proust ~
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
~By Lao Tzu ~
Kindness is always fashionable.
~By Amelia E. Barr ~
You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
~By Don Van Vliet ~
There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
~By J. Donald Walters ~
Everyone responds to kindness.
~By Richard Gere ~
PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
~By Bea Arthur ~
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