Kindness

 

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.  – Etienne de Grellet

 

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~ Aesop’s Fables

 

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.  – George Sand (1804 – 1876)

 

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, Help to make earth happy like the heaven above. ~ Julia A. Fletcher Carney

 

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ~ Washington Irving

 

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for Life.   George D Prentice

 

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.  -  Maya Angelou

 

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.   Albert Einstein

 

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.  – Theodore Roosevelt

 

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.    Anne Frank

 

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.  -  Buddha

 

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.   Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC)

 

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

 

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.  – The Dalai Lama

 

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. – Anne Frank

 

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness; and I pronounce it as certain that there was never yet a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. – Benjamin Franklin

 

Kindness in Words creates Confidence.  Kindness in Thinking creates Profoundness.  Kindness in Giving creates LOVE    Lao-Tzu

 

 

No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things.  – Aristotle

 

Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.   Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug.   Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.  Og Mandino

 

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.  Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else’s life forever.  – Margaret Cho

 

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.  – Kahlil Gibran

 

The greatest work that kindness does to others it that it makes them kind themselves.  Amelia Earhart

 

The value of a man resides in what he gives, and not in what he is capable of receiving.   Albert Einstein

 

 

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.   Albert Einstein

 

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.  – Theodore Roosevelt

 

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.  -  Buddha

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.  -  Maya Angelou

 

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.  – Eleanor Roosevelt

 

 

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life. ~ George D. Prentice

 

Provision for others is the fundamental responsibility of human life.”  – Woodrow Wilson

 

 

“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” ~ Aesops Fables

 

My religion is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama

 

Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ~ Anne Herbert

 

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. ~ Eric Hoffer

 

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. ~ Seneca

 

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings? I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. ~ Pearl S. Buck

 

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. ~ Benjamin Franklin

 

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” ~ Henry James

 

Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. ~ Bradley Miller

Always, Sir, set a 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. ~ Samuel Johnson

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes the ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. ~ Albert Schweitzer

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life. ~ William Wordsworth

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ~ Samuel Johnson

Kindness is an essential part of God?s work and ours here on earth. ~ Billy Graham

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. ~ Blaise Pascal

Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we’re all human, and don’t cast the first stone. ~ Allen Drury

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao Tzu

 

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others it that it makes them kind themselves. ~ Amelia Earhart,

 

The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence. The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful. ~ Park Godwin

 

In life, you can never do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ~ Sally Koch

 

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 

Alas, we who wished to lay the foundations of kindness could not ourselves be kind. ~ Bertolt Brecht, To Posterity

 

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.? ~ Harold Kushner

 

If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that’s kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it’s Loving Kindness. ~ Barbara Johnson

 

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. ~ Annie Lennox, Guideposts, 1/05

 

Be kind to yourself, to others and everything around you. ~ Alexandra Stoddard

 

You can’t assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior. ~ Katie Couric

 

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. ~ Pablo Casals

 

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta

 

Without kindness there can be no true joy. ~ Thomas Carlyle

 

Carry out a random act of kindness… someone somewhere might do the same for you. ~ Princess Diana

 

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business life. ~ Samuel Johnson