Kindness
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- The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.
- The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
- The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
- The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
- The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.
- The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and have it found out by accident.
- "The greatest thing," says some one, "a man can do for his Heavenly Father is to be kind to some of His other children."
- The happiness of life may be greatly increased by small courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affectionate looks, and little kind acts of attention.
- The interesting thing about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled.
- The memory of an unkind word often outlasts the remembrance of many charitable acts.
- The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified.
- The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.
- The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.
- The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.
- The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.
- The power of gentleness is irresistible.
- The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
- The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
- The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be.
- The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
- The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
- There are few occasions when ceremony may not be easily dispensed with, but kindness, never.
- There are few things that are more beautifully infectious than true kindness. It spreads like a magnificent wildfire.Keith WynnCommonly attributed
- There are many in the world dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.
- There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
- There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From it springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
- There is a gift that is almost a blow, and there is a kind word that is munificence; so much is there in the way of doing things.
- There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness, and none more profitable.
- There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.
- There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
- There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow anonymous benefits upon the world, which remain unknown even to ourselves, or when they are disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor.
- There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.
- There is no magic like a good turn, and the way to gain friendly feelings is to do friendly acts.
- There is no man whose kindness we may not some time want, or by whose malice we may not some time suffer.
- There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world, either to get a good name or to supply the want of it.
- There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.
- There is nothing stronger than gentleness.John WoodenCommonly attributed
- They serve God well, who serve his creatures.
- This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.Dalai LamaSourced
- Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.