397 quotes found
“What I want is so simple I almost cant say it: elementary kindness.”
“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." ~ Gandalf (J. R. R. Tolkein ~ The Hobbit)”
“t wait until you become rich to help somebody, kindness doesn't always require money”
“Be kind to UNKIND people.They need it the most.”
“As much as we seek approval, we dread condemnation”
“Your words to yourself and to others should uplift, never tear down.”
“We cannot know. But sometimes there is kindness, and sometimes there is love.”
“There was a little girlWho had a little curlRight in the middle of her forehead.When she was good, she was very, very good.And when she was bad,Her Papa loved her anyway.”
“I hate in-the-end kindnesses: they're about as nourishing as the third day of cold mutton.”
“It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true- big things are often just small things that are noticed.”
“In a world full of sadness and travail, kindness is not to be underestimated. You have the change to do a great deal of good, my dear, just by showing kindness to those the trail brings your way. W...”
“Being extra nice to someone can be a form of manipulation--kindness is an exercise of power in its own right.”
“You might pass by those who're stuck in the bottle neck while you are swimming in your whiskey, be kind !”
“The surest cure for selfishness is to continually practice random acts of kindness.”
“We should be carefulOf each other, we should be kindWhile there is still time”
“The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I foundA hedgehog jammed up against the blades,Killed. It had been in the long grass.I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.Now I had mauled its unobtrusive...”
“For he did not seem to know any way to do a person a kindness but by killing him.”
“Kindness in looks and words and ways is true politeness, and any one can have it if they only try to treat other people as they like to be treated themselves.”
“You celebrate what works and you take tender care of what doesnt, with lotion, polish, and kindness.”
“Instead of measuring yourself by your weight, measure yourself by your acts of kindness.”
