We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else’s.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
—Henry Drummond
Be kind to unkind people—they need it the most.
—Unknown
We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
That best portion of a good man’s life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Poet
Example is leadership.
—Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French Theologian, Philosopher, Musician, Physician
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) Swiss-born French Philosopher
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
The weak can’t forgive. Forgiveness is of the strong.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
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.
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940) Lithuanian-American Anarchist, Feminist
Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
Kindness is like snow; it makes everything it covers beautiful.
—Indian Proverb
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.
—Frank A. Clark
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; and be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
The sense that some one else cares always helps because it is the sense of love.
—George Edward Woodberry (1855–1930) American Literary Critic, Poet
Love is like an hour-glass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
—Jules Renard (1864–1910) French Writer, Diarist
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
—Unknown
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
T’was a thief said the last kind word to Christ. Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft.
—Robert Browning (1812–89) English Poet
Try to make at least one person happy every day. … If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!
—Lawrence G. Lovasik
You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.
—Unknown
Be thoughtful of others and you will not be shy, for they are incompatible addictions.
—Robert Brault
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
He who feels no compassion will become insane.
—Hebrew Proverb
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