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Though Julian could be marvelously kind in difficult circumstances of all sorts, I sometimes got the feeling that he was less pleased by kindness itself than by the elegance of the gesture.
— Donna Tartt, The Secret History
Answer suffering with kindness.
— Claudia Gray, Star Wars - Bloodline
And just as there is random horror-murder,suicide,child abuse,car accidents.......there is also indiscriminate kindness.Not merely miracles,though I have experienced them.But simple human connection,either brokered by an angel or sourced by one.That is why I try to encourage people to be receptive to that new person who seems to have appeared in their life out of nowhere.
— Chris Bohjalian, Secrets of Eden
Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone,And a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse
— Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
What I want is so simple I almost can’t say it: elementary kindness.
— Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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)
— J.R.R. Tolkien
The biggest sin in Satanism is not murder, nor is it kindness. It is stupidity.
— Marilyn Manson, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
The world is a chaotic place find a love that doesn't allow a home to have the same feeling.
— Nikki Rowe
t wait until you become rich to help somebody, kindness doesn't always require money
— Charmaine J. Forde
Don't wait until you become rich to help somebody, kindness doesn't always require money
— Charmaine J. Forde
Plant seeds of kindness and watch your blessings flow abundantly
— Charmaine J. Forde
Be kind to UNKIND people.They need it the most.
— Dalai Lama XIV
As much as we seek approval, we dread condemnation
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
All we have is "One Life", so go for IT!
— Shannon L. Alder
Your words to yourself and to others should uplift, never tear down.
— Eileen Anglin
Cracks in our souls help us bear the overwhelming imperfections of the world. They're not our flaws. Kindness knows this.
— Aditya Bhaskara
So much drama off and online...Be kind and respect others.Follow the golden rule. Always.Don't step on others.Chase your dreams the right way.Keep your head up. Then, everything else will take care of itself.
— K.J. Kilton
Only kindness is spreadable
—  because that is how we live
Unexpected and pleasant surprises occur every day...random kindnesses from a stranger
—  would-be tragic accidents narrowly avoided
We cannot know. But sometimes there is kindness, and sometimes there is love.
— Guy Gavriel Kay, Children of Earth and Sky
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.
— Kristen McKee, Nursery Rhymes for the Unconditional and Unschooled
Since you cannot always carry and display your diploma. Kindly act like you have one. Professionalism. Include that to your dictionary.
— Joshua De Vera Bautista
I hate in-the-end kindnesses: they're about as nourishing as the third day of cold mutton.
— Edith Wharton, Old New York: Four Novellas
I know the scent of betrayal. I may be kind to you, but don't mistake my kindness for weakness. After all, the Angels have a sharp sword too
— Joshua De Vera Bautista
Rock-a-bye Baby In the tree topWhen the wind blows The cradle will rock.When the bough breaksThe cradle will fallAnd Mama will catch you Cradle and all!
— Kristen McKee, Nursery Rhymes for the Unconditional and Unschooled
Even the kindest saint does have their own adversary
— Joshua De Vera Bautista
When you stop living for luxuries you understand the real meaning of life.
— Edhi Sahab, 1928-2016
If 10 percent of the population were to take a consciously ethical outlook on life and act accordingly, the resulting change would be more significant than any change of government,
— Peter Singer, Writings on an Ethical Life
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. And be kinder than is necessary.
— Dalai Lama XIV
It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true- big things are often just small things that are noticed.
— Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story
There is no inner peace found in taking care of me and mine. It is present in attending to the needs of we and ours.
— John Bruna
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. Whatever you do, do your work heartily, not as unto men, but as unto God. He will take notice and He will be pleased.
— Stephanie Grace Whitson, Messenger By Moonlight
Kindness and love, love and kindness.. You can't have one without the other.. Kindness and love go hand-in-hand.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk Has a Birthday
My reason to live is to love, my reason to get is to give. - The Lord is my witness.
— Nurudeen Ushawu
Kindness is love in action, not feeling emotions or thoughts of empathy only. Kindness is doing!
— Shannon L. Alder
Don't consider my kindness as my weakness, the beast in me is sleeping not dead.
— Moosa Rahat
To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory.
— Marty Rubin
For though men be ignorant, yet they are men
— Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
Do what you can to avoid or neutralize conversations which put people down. Think with your heart.
— Karen Salmansohn
Being extra nice to someone can be a form of manipulation--kindness is an exercise of power in its own right.
— Wang Anyi, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
When I realize I made someone's day, it makes my day.
— Genesis Quihuis
You don't need your eyes to love, Right?
— R.J. Palacio
You might pass by those who're stuck in the bottle neck while you are swimming in your whiskey, be kind !
— Farid F. Ibrahim
Before you go to bed think about what you left behind in the wake of the day…
— Nanette L. Avery
…there was no more that I could do to make myself look better in that moment than smile and be kind…
— Andie Mitchell, It Was Me All Along
The surest cure for selfishness is to continually practice random acts of kindness.
— R.A.Delmonico
It was a good thing to be an African. There were terrible things that happened in Africa, things that brought shame and despair when one thought about them, but that was not all there was in Africa. However great the suffering of the people of Africa, however harrowing the cruelty and chaos brought about by soldiers—small boys with guns, really—there was still so much in Africa from which one could take real pride. There was the kindness, for example, and the ability to smile, and the art and the music.
— Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls
We should be carefulOf each other, we should be kindWhile there is still time
— Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
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 worldUnmendably. Burial was no help:Next morning I got up and it did not.The first day after a death, the new absenceIs always the same; we should be carefulOf each other, we should be kindWhile there is still time.
— Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
For he did not seem to know any way to do a person a kindness but by killing him.
— Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
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.
— Louisa May Alcott
No one is on this world today to be a pessimist. They may be one for a while, but they will always turn optimistic with the help of many people. Kindness, makes everyone feel better.It's like involuntary muscles. Your involuntary muscles didn't volunteer to do this for you, for your body functions. They just do it to keep you going.Kindness isn't given simply because they chose to. It is a natural act that everyone has, even if it isn't shown all the time. It is used to save people, to let them feel loved and important. Kindness can carry people a mile.
— Hina Yu
Everything we say and do affects people.It can be either physically or mentally.Words can cut deeper than a knife,and we all know that.We could have experienced it in our lives at least one.It isn't easy, dealing with those type of situation.It isn't easy, trying to heal those wounds.But we make it out of it alive, because we always have these amazing people that are always there for us.An act of kindness and support,is just that powerful.*******************************************************************************Don't pull away from the rest of the world. For those of you that are out there,with no friends,with no one to support you,those who are being neglected.You are never alone.Somewhere on this Earth, there is ALWAYS someone who is there for you.There is always someone that cares about you and feels your pain.There is always someone that will understand your story.Don't be afraid to come out of your shell.Don't be afraid to interact with people.Don't be afraid to be who you are.Dare to dream, Explore, and Love. <3 The outcomes are worth it.
— Hina Yu
Bad stuff happens, people are mean, there are no steps you can take that ensure the world leaves you alone. All you can do is try not to be one of those people who contributes to the bad.
— Holly Bourne, Am I Normal Yet?
The Creator favors the man who loves over the man who hates.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
You celebrate what works and you take tender care of what doesn’t, with lotion, polish, and kindness.
— Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Instead of measuring yourself by your weight, measure yourself by your acts of kindness.
— Elle Sommer
To stay true to ourselves and remain kind to others is an art. It does require daily vigilance and, at the same time, it’s important to remember that art can often get messy.
— Christopher Dines, The Kindness Habit: Transforming our Relationship to Addictive Behaviours
Love is donating a chunk of your life to patch up holes in the life of another.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
The greatest inspiration you can find in this world is "YOU" when you help someone, encourage them, praise them, smile at them or just be kind to them that is a huge Inspiration to you and them!!
— Angie karan
Love is eternal, and growing with each breath, every kind thought, word and deed.
— Theodore Volgoff, The Backpack
There's no such thing as a problem that's yours and not mine.
— Dara Horn, The World to Come
If you can't see the sun then too many things stand in your way. Sometimes, you have to climb to the top of all your fears to see any horizon, such is life. God needs to you rise higher before you will ever "see" something different.
— Shannon L. Alder
Since most of us are just trying to figure it all out, why not be kind and considerate while on the journey?
— Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain   The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
A good tree never seizes to bear good fruits.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
It is better to sow good deeds; love, goodness and kindness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be kind to yourself. Remember that when you abuse yourself, you will experience the anger, regret, and apathy of the bully as well as the depression, anxiety, and insecurity of the victim. Whatever you do, be kind to yourself.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Every time we reach in to the cave of our loving heart and deliver an act of kindness, and touch another, we are truly sending a beautiful arrow of our love from our heart straight in to God's heart. When we purely serve another—whether it's someone hurting and confused, the cranky person at work, or the slightly strange elderly woman we help up the elevator—we are actually serving the beauty of God who lives within that person. In essence, we are magnificently surrendering to a higher and divine Love. My dear friends, lets be those beautiful instruments of that divine love. Lets open our wings and deliver small acts of everyday kindness, no matter how big or small. Remember, this divine love; is never wasted. It only flows out and becomes a great big ocean of oneness love for all
— Angie karan
Make a difference in someones life everyday. It does make a difference. Everyone has the ability to make a difference. It doesn't take much to give someone encouragement. The wheel always comes full circle, and whatever we give out will always return to us. The most meaningful acts are often the ones we commit without prompting or expectations. We have such profound power when we lend an ear, a hand, or an act of kindness
— Angie karan
To be a better person, spend less time filling out your personal scorecard and more time being kind . . . to you.
— Philip Chard, Nature's Ways: Experiencing the Sacred in the Natural World
A most loving virtue of all, is that of a cheerful giver with the right attitude of LOVE! Giving is not just a random act of kindness. It is an investment in humanity. In return you become more than yourself, you transcend
— Angie karan
Right is lovely.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The Limoges set has brought us more joy in its absence than it ever did in our cupboards. Of course, we no longer own a set of china to pass down to our kids, but that's okay. Francois and I plan on giving our children something more valuable, the simple truth that the best way to go through life is to be a major donor of kindness. We'll tell them that it's possible to own a whole bunch of beautiful, valuable things and still be miserable. But sometimes just having a recipe for chocolate Bunt cake can make a person far, far happier.
— Firoozeh Dumas, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
I do not have respect for you who takes advantage of the soul that is kind and giving, for it is you who takes such liberties that becomes the ultimate fool.
— C.C. Franklin
Don't do something for recognition. Do it out of kindness. Do it because out of giving, it will make you whole and complete
— Angie karan
I give this freely
— M.J. Haag, Devastation: A Beauty and the Beast Novel
He was funny and charming, but also kind. It seemed the older she got, the more she appreciated kindness in people.
— Susan Mallery, All Summer Long
Whatever you sow, you will reap. Sow the seeds of love, kindness and peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The question to always be in your inner dialogue, asking yourself...is it kind?
— Eileen Anglin
As the four girls were taking her father's life, she had tried to rush onto the stage. But two old university janitors held her down and whispered into her ear that she would lose her own life if she went.
— Liu Cixin
Checking in on what our kids are doing online isn't helicoptering, it's parenting.
— Galit Breen, Kindness Wins
The absolute best way to raise kind kids, is to be kind parents.
— Galit Breen, Kindness Wins
They tell me, shaking their heads:"You should be kinder. You are somehow furious".I used to be kind. It didn’t last long.
— Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Don't do something for recognition. Do it out of kindness ..because out of giving, it will make you whole and complete.
— Angie karan
Checking in on what our kids are doing online isn't 'helicoptering,' it's 'parenting.
— Galit Breen
He was always in a sort of fever because he was dropping behind schedule with his daily acts of kindness. However hard he tried, he'd fall behind; and then you would find him prowling about the house, setting such a clip to try and catch up with himself that Easeby was rapidly becoming a perfect hell for man and beast.
— P.G. Wodehouse, Carry on, Jeeves
Hearts of gold are heavy.
— Jenim Dibie
Fearlessness is not what you do to win, but what you don't do. When you love yourself as much as your God, you won't see other people as the source of your pain. Rather, you will see who you have become because you honestly believed that your chains would be broken through hatred, instead of kindness.
— Shannon L. Alder
To teach our kids what they need to know online, we have to talk to them off line.
— Galit Breen, Kindness Wins
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Just a little drop of kindness can water a whole garden.
— Heather Wolf
Don't let anyone fool you. The stars are always shining. And you don't just see them in the dark. The sun is a star, and it provides light for all of us.
— Halle Teart
These people all woke up this morning and reminded themselves to be human beings. Not everyone knows how to do that. No vermin, my people. Real human beings.
— Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie
Kindness may be the most difficult of virtues, but when I have encountered it, it has meant everything to me.
— George Hodgman
Life is a sacred shared-life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Kindness knows no kind.
— Brian Spellman, If the mind fits, shrink it
Always do your best to be loving and kind to others.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk the Talking Dog
Just a little loving kindness is sometimes all anyone really needs.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk Visits Sea Isle
You may possibly become rich by just caring about yourself and what you want to gain from your profession and your life but you cannot possibly enrich the lives of everyone you meet that way.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
No kindness is ever wasted, nor can we ever tell how much good may come of it.
— Nancy Farmer, The Sea of Trolls
When you love someone, you don’t care that she ate your sandwich. You only hope she found it delicious.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
If you don't know what to do, just be kind. You can't go wrong.
— R.J. Palacio
Be gentle and kind all the time.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk's Joke Book for Kiddies
We are with ourselves 24/7, so we should try to treat ourselves with the most kindness, love and respect.
— Karen A. Baquiran
In this world we must try to be kind to one another.
— Heather Wolf, The Long Spring
With just a little drop of kindness you can water a whole garden.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk's Joke Book for Kiddies
Practice loving kindness wherever you may go.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk Has a Birthday
What he sensed more than anything else was kindness – a kindness of a human and immediate sort. It was surprising how very radical this simple emotion could be.
— Damon Galgut, Arctic Summer
Sometimes kindness doesn’t beget anything but misery. My mother didn’t have to learn that until she was in her thirties
—  I’ve known it nearly all my life. I’m not sure which of us is better off.
She wondered if it counted as being good if you did the good thing for purely selfish reasons. Probably not, but who cared. What was important was what you did, not how you felt.
— Emily Gould, Friendship
There's a little known virtue called magnificence: an unostentatious liberality of expenditure in doing good. You would deny me the practice of it. Mierda! I should have left you on the comet.
— Julian May, Perseus Spur
No matter who’s looking at you, love, honesty, and kindness will always make you beautiful!
— Delano Johnson, Rare Images of Love
A true friend does not make you win by making you the winner to the detriment of the true winner. He makes sure that you become a loser, not because he likes the way you fail, but to enlighten you on how it feels to be treated that way and to demonstrate that love and respect are not exclusive.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Well, we're originally from Glace Bay."Grandma Elsie's eyes glittered. She was looking at one of her own, a lost Cape Bretoner in need of help and offering a new story. "Tell me all about it, dear.
— Beatrice Rose Roberts, Twin Loyalties: From the Chronicles of Tar Ponds City
Numinous," Ursula said, breaking the silence eventually. "There's a spark of the divine in the world -- not God, er'er done with God, but something. Is it love? Not silly romantic love, but something more profound...""I think it's perhaps something we don't have a name for," Teddy said. "We want to name everything. Perhaps that's where we've gone wrong.""'And whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.' Having dominion over everything has been a terrible curse."Afterwards -- because it turned out there was an afterwards for Teddy -- he resolved that he would try always to be kind. It was the best he could do. It was all that he could do. And it might be love, after all.
— Kate Atkinson
That was the thing about her. When you told her about an incident where you so badly screwed up, half expecting her to laugh at you in amusement, half anticipating a smirk of disgust, she would hardly express her pity or maybe she did express what she felt, for she would just nod her head, gesturing you to go on... As if it's normal... As if you're normal.
— Sanhita Baruah
Before you step out into the world today, remember that you will encounter people whose struggles you do not know. Remember the way a pair of eyes light up when greeted with kindness.
— D. Antoinette Foy
Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections.
— Mary Baker Eddy
When God blesses you, the highest form of gratitude is open-handedness.
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
Giving is not favor
—  it's a form of self-reparation.
Greatness isn't worldly fame and success. Laying humble service for humanity's best is true greatness.
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
We are all citizens of the world and we owe it to the world to make it a better place.
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
When kindness is here, hatred disappears. When hatred is here, kindness can never enter.
— Debasish Mridha
All life is emptiness. Fill it with endless love, bliss, and kindness.
— Debasish Mridha
Kindness can heal a wound that medicine can't touch.
— Debasish Mridha
Even Karma rewards generosity. The good that you do must surely catch up with you!
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
Giving is a necessary good
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
For every good deed done, a blessing is waiting to be born!
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
Giving is recieving
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction.
— Mike Dolan
What will I do when you're gone?" said Alasdair, with a faltering voice.Bryeison placed a hand on his shoulder and said, with raging tranquility, "Do what is good and what is right.
— Michelle Franklin
Be kind to yourself and others.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Rare is the man who seeks not only to heal himself but to heal his fellow man.
— José N. Harris, Mi Vida
I'm an answer, Frankie. Maybe you're an answer for me, too?—Emerson
— Liza M. Wiemer, Hello?
Everyone you meet is hurt, broken and fighting a hard battle. Please don’t be an ass.
— Sarvesh Jain, Naked Wisdom of the child
For some reason, Beck's unexpected kindness was hard to bear - it made tears prick my eyes where Jack's threats hadn't.
— Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver
So by keeping her word, Frieda B. made amends. And the two who'd been strangers became best of friends.
— Renata Bowers, Frieda B. Meets the Man in the Moon
You'd be teary, too, yes you would be," he said, "if a girl and her bed had crashed into your head.
— Renata Bowers, Frieda B. Meets the Man in the Moon
We can only diffuse kindness, to the souls filled with bitterness
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You will never let go of the one thing that God keeps prompting you to fix.
— Shannon L. Alder
One kind word can warm three winter months.
— Japanese Proverb
That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made that broken heart softer. Meanness just made the heart want to be hard.
— Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust: a Novel of the Dust Bowl
Use your voice for good in this world, it may not seem like it's getting you anywhere, but in the end good wins.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk the Talking Dog
Beware of those who are stingy, for they would rather sting you than give you anything.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
What is love?It's not empathy, nor kindness.Empathy takes two, the one who hurts and the one who empathizes.Kindness takes two, the one who gives and the one who takes.But love takes just one.The two get together into one.They don't separate.The "I" and the "you" disappear.I LOVE MEANS I DISAPPEAR..
— Nikos Kazantzakis
If kindness is beauty, patience is disarming elegance.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
May you find help when you need it most.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We were all victims of the arbitrary nature of a totalitarian regime that constantly intruded into the most private corners of our lives and imposed its relentless fictions on us. Was this rule the rule of Islam? What memories were we creating for our children? This constant assault, this persistent lack of kindness, was what frightened me most.
— Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran
Tiny acts of kindness can have BIG results.
— Elizabeth Bourgeret
People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Do you not think, Mrs. Givings, that snow is always kind? Because it has to fall slowly, to meet the ground slowly, or the eyelash slowly— And things that meet each other slowly are kind.
— Sarah Ruhl, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play
At times we feel outnumbered in our attempts to improve the world—to brighten and beautify, to preserve and heal and do what’s best for humanity. Selfless efforts can start to feel beleaguering, discouraging, even pointless with so little support. It is at these times I remind myself that I would rather be the last Good Samaritan standing than to join the ranks of selfish multitudes creating misery.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
There are hundreds of reasons to be kind, but only one that matters—because it’s who you are.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
Kindness is not entered onto the great ledger of civilisation.
— Matthew De Abaitua, If Then
Teddy bears, not grizzly bears, get invited in for honey.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
Don’t just act with kindness, think with kindness.
— Elaina Marie, Happiness is Overrated - Live the Inspired Life Instead
We've decided to wake a miss for you because you are nice. We want a booby as roomful as ours."Everybody had seen the Hobgoblin laugh, but nobody believed he could smile. He was so happy that you could see it all over him -- from his hat to his boots! Without a word he waved his cloak over the grass -- and behold! Once more the garden was filled with a pink light and there on the grass before them lay a twin to the King's Ruby -- the Queen's Ruby.
— Tove Jansson, Finn Family Moomintroll
We must encourage, support and comfort one another.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Everything passed, and what trace of its passage remained? It seemed to Kitty that they were all, the human race, like the drops of water in that river and they flowed on, each so close to the other and yet so far apart, a nameless flood, to the sea. When all things lasted so short a time and nothing mattered very much, it seemed pitiful that men, attaching an absurd importance to trivial objects, should make themselves and one another so unhappy.
— W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
Your wealth or status doesn't make you. Your kindness and character does.
— Venkat Desireddy
Whoever said kindness should be earned is wrong. A kick in the shins is earned - kindness should be a given.
— Jodi Ann Bickley
Remember the many compartments of the heart, the seed of what is possible. So much of who we are is defined by the places we hold for each other. For it is not our ingenuity that sets us apart, but our capacity for love, the possibility our way will be lit by grace. Our hearts prisms, chiseling out the colors of pure light.
— Kare Anderson, Getting What You Want: 2how to Reach Agreement and Resolve Conflict Every Time
Love and kindness are most precious where there is endless suffering.
— Debasish Mridha
Daniel studied her face. Have you ever thanked God for giving you the advantages he has? Advantages?All those things I've already mentioned. Your tall and strong, loyal and brave, kind and loving. You stand out in a crowd and your a leader. He wouldn't trust those qualities with just anyone. He must love you a great deal.
— Colleen Coble, Safe in His Arms
Some men are more easily broken by kindness than censure.
— Patrick W. Carr, A Cast of Stones
But for better or worse, I am not motivated by kindness.
— Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
As Chris Granger, executive vice president at the NBA, explains, "Talented people are attracted to those who care about them. When you help someone get promoted out of your team, it's a short-term loss, but it's a clear long-term gain. It's easier to attract people, because word gets around that your philosophy is to help people.
— Adam Grant
History is so comprehensive and detailed. I couldn't be a history student. I thought there was a time when I couldn't be a history maker, because of my limited understanding of what that meant. Today, thinking about the passing of Julian Bond and a wonderful conversation with a woman who has influenced so much, I think we all are history makers. All of our names will not be as known as Mr. Bond's or in books, but our names will be on someone's tongue and our memories will be in someone's heart, and we will all be a part of someone's personal story. We have a unique opportunity at this very second to change how we affect someone's life as living history and historians. Flaws and all. Yep.
— Robin Caldwell
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
— Galatians 5:22-23
Polly tried to conquer the bad feeling; but it worried her, till she remembered something her mother once said to her: "When you feel out of sorts, try to make someone else happy, and you will soon be so yourself.
— Louisa May Alcott
Be ye kind one to another.
— Anonymous
Our daily endeavours and activities should be about or around these value systems. They reflect love. They reflect care. They reflect kindness. They are qualities of heaven.
— Sunday Adelaja
Be kind. Only feelings of kindness can purify our ever judgemental minds.
— Debasish Mridha
In the end, the only thing that really matters is how we treated all living things.
— Ka Chinery, Perceptions from the Photon Frequency: The Ascended Version
The cure for everything, is not a medicine, but the pure kindness of acompassionate heart.
— Debasish Mridha
Kind words can heal and harsh words can kill
— Beta Metani' Marashi
Nothing can erase the touch of your love and kindness.
— Debasish Mridha
Kindness is all we have to give others
— Kimberley Freeman, Wildflower Hill
I don’t know what I would have done if they had hugged me. I probably would have frozen in place, become stiff. It took most of my life to overcome my distaste for physical contact and not to stiffen when I was touched, or flinch, twitch, fidget, and eventually figure out how to move away. I learned to accept being hugged by my children when they were infants. Their joy at seeing me enter a room was real and filled with true love and affection and it showed in their embraces. Like a convert, when I learned the joy and comfort of being hugged by and hugging those I loved, I became a regular practitioner.
— John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care
Don’t try to please others at the expense of your values and your integrity. At the end of the day, you want to like yourself when you look in a mirror.
— Millen Livis
Right on the other side of our fears resides hope and happiness. We get stuck in our lives afraid to walk over there when it’s a much kinder place.
— Ron Baratono
We have probably all seen teachers who would pick a student up by the scruff of the neck for saying ‘Shit,’ but who would walk by without a word when overhearing that same student taunting a classmate, calling him a ‘fag.’ It is often easier not to intervene — even when there is a clear-cut victim. It’s out in the hall. It isn’t our business. It isn’t our problem.But our inactions, like our actions, define who we are and what are true values are.
— Richard H. Eyster
Every opportunity with another was an opportunity to serve my fellow man. Every moment alone was a chance to grow and become more of who I already was. I instantly felt how great a life could be, and that was only made possible by service toward others.
— Chris Matakas, My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
The ability to extend kindness requires an other-awareness. We are apt to miss the needs of those around us if we remain self-focused. Helping children to see the needs of others will bless them with perspective on their own lives, as well as propel them toward good works that display the kindness of God.
— Melissa B. Kruger, Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood: An Eleven-Week Devotional Bible Study
The world must begin sharing again. We need more kindness. -Takua Kawirembeyju, Guarani Shaman of Paraguay
— Nancy Connor, Shamans of the World
Even small gestures of kindness have the potential to reap enormous rewards. Only the shortsighted man believes otherwise.
— Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling
Remember your grandpa’s saying: kill them with kindness.
— C.B. Cook, Paralyzed Dreams
Love is a battle with yourself. Be kind and love yourself before you love anyone else.
— Karen Quan, Better to be able to love than to be loveable
Understand your driving force, whether you're operating out of fear or love. When we operate in fear, we tend to hold back and not get the most from life. When we operate in love, we open new avenues and experience life more abundantly.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
— Anonymous, The Holy Bible: English Standard Version
But you are too lovely even to care to be kind as others are.
— Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
Come, let us build bridges of love with each other with the cement of kindness and pillars of trust.
— Debasish Mridha
Renew yourself with love. Wash away all the fear, hatred and societal conformity to create a brand new humanity filled with love, kindness and happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
Now anybody can be "kind." And everybody's supposed to be. Except that long ago it was something you were born into and couldn't help. Now it's just a faked-up attitude half the time, like teachers the first day of class.
— Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Just think how beautiful you can be if kindness is your ornament of beauty.
— Debasish Mridha
Enlighten everyone you meet in your journey of life with the light of your love and kindness.
— Debasish Mridha
Kindness expressed to a stranger is kindness expressed to God.
— Virginia Lieto
If I could bottle kindness, I wonder if formaldehyde would preserve it.
— Amanda Mosher, Better to be able to love than to be loveable
Kindness is the best nourishment for humanity.
— Debasish Mridha
Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile.
— R.J. Palacio
A moment of kindness can bring infinite beauty in life.
— Debasish Mridha
Kindness is very soft but it creates the hardest bond.
— Debasish Mridha
A soul without kindness is like a garden without plants and flowers.
— Debasish Mridha
The elegance of the moon teaches us to be elegant and kind.
— Debasish Mridha
Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.
— R.J. Palacio
To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people"~ Aung Sun Suu Kyi
— Aung Sun Suu Kyi
Let your love, care, and kindness speak louder than your words.
— Debasish Mridha
Does he expect the flood to just move out of his way if he asks nicely?
— Tanya Huff, The Quartered Sea
And it was then that I realized that families might be the ones who pick us up time and again but strangers also rescue us-even if they don't know they're doing so.
— Martin Pistorius
It's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed. Why I love that line, that concept, is that it reminds me that we carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness. And what does that mean? How is that measured? You can't use a yardstick. It's like I was saying just before: it's not like measuring how much you've grown in a year. It's not exactly quantifiable, is it?
— R.J. Palacio
What you did was not only very kind, but brave and honorable.
— Peter Cimino, The Four Corners, a Sicilian Story
Be a kind person. Yes, even to jerks. Let them be a jerk. You be a kind person.
— Karen Salmansohn
A Princess has beautiful manners no matter who she’s dealing with. She would never stoop to being brusque when giving a burger order, or shouting at the barista who forgot her syrup shot. When we behave like true Princesses, people enjoy serving us, because they’re more likely to get a sympathetic smile instead of a complaint about the long wait.
— Rosie Blythe, The Princess Guide to Life
Wisdom tells us that the best time for silence is when we are mad or upset.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
As a success-minded person, you should always be looking to not only do your job but do it with excellence and go the extra mile.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Let your heroes be known. Give praise and honor to those to whom it is rightly due. Spend more time posting stories about heroes than you do about the wrongs in the world. When we know about heroes and we see those who perform heroic acts, we too want to be heroes. There is a hero in all of us. Heroes are important.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Success-minded people must understand that the use of profane and obscene words have no place in their vocabulary.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
No matter who it is or what you think of them, never rejoice in the pain of others. It lowers you to a level you should not be at.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Keep the personal, personal and do not be guilty of spreading bad feelings.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Trustworthiness is a mark of a success-minded person. To be seen as trustworthy is a great compliment. When people trust you, they expect that you will honor their trust.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Not everyone will support every mission or work, you can still enjoy their friendship. No one likes to feel that the only reason you are friends is what you can get out of them.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
If you want friends you must be friendly. Always complaining and posting negative comments is not going to bring you friends. No one likes to get puked on.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Gossip has always been a problem. It is one of the most powerful, addictive behaviors there is. As long as the human race has had a common language they have used it to gossip.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Remember that people who seek to do evil can play hit and miss all they want. People who are seeking companionship online have to be right every time. Miss out on this one and the price could be very dear, even costing your life.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
By no means do I think that playing games online is wrong or rude. However, constantly sending requests is an act of bad manners as well as being very annoying to the one receiving them.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
It is rudeness of the highest order to hit a family when they are down.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Remember this, posting pictures are like speaking words, you cannot take them back.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
If you are going to share something with a person, first look on their social media accounts and see how they have handled other people trust. If someone has shared the secrets of others, they will share yours.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Okay, I cannot say this without being very direct. If you are looking for a spouse or even a romance through social media, you are looking for trouble.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Posting something that is encouraging and well done compared to something that is trashy and common is the difference between eating a fine meal or the scraps from making that meal.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Be a blessing to all you are connecting with on social media. Encourage, rejoice and celebrate with each and every one. You will find that it will do wonders for your own attitude as well as those who may struggle with a negative mind-set.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Success-minded people know that first and foremost, in all we do, we must think of others first. By thinking of others, how they feel and what they need, will not cost you a thing nor will it lessen what you have to say.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Positive people on the other had are not those who deny what is going on around them for some pie-in-the-sky type of thinking. Positive people are very award of the problems, disasters and difficulties that are happening all around them. What they do not do is give into defeat.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
If someone is trying to share a laugh and you personally do not find it funny, then just move on and leave it alone. Do not steal someone else’s humor.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Heroes show us courage, honor, integrity and strength. Now more than ever, we need heroes.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
We have gotten so use to humor being something nasty and offensive that we started to believe that was the only way to get a laugh.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
To be truly grateful for the kindness of other and to have those you love in your life is a great and powerful emotion.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
The rules from those who are politically correct restrict what you can say to or about anything in our daily life. They tell you what to call others and what others can call you.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
It is not the job for those who are angry about the events of the day to strike out and post things that they hope will incite anger in others as well. Do not sell your social media friends short as far as their ability to find the news for themselves.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Everybody oughta have a dog," he said thoughtfully, his hand still scratching Beau. "Dogs teach you love and kindness. They remind you what's important." He nodded and took a sip of his coffee. "A life ain't much of a life without a dog in it, s'what I always said.
— Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth
Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents. Later on in life, when we are oppressed by sickness and become old, we are again dependent on the kindness of others. Since we are dependent on the kindness of others at the beginning and end of our lives, then how can we neglect projecting kindness towards others in the middle of our lives, when it is our best time to share it?
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
But there are times," said Charlotte, "when it is necessary and an act of friendship to write nothing rather than not to write.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities
So many of the world's problems, he mused, were solved by sheer human decency.
— Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves
I am getting tired of feeling disappointed. I am getting tired of other people trying to always take my kindness for weakness, I sure don't deserve it. I should assume responsibility and become cold to others and warm to myself. Some call it self loving, other selfishness... I call it respect. Why to give less that what is being given? Maybe I am way too much for you, maybe that is your biggest fear, to feel less.
— Andres Oliver
Every decision you ever make has its own consequences. Freedom is not the issue. You have freedom to do what you want, you just cannot do it and not pay the price for it.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
If people were kinder, the world might cease weeping.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
Kindness is a language more often misunderstood than taken at face value.
— Joyce Rachelle
With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness
— Lao Tzu
be kind, even when others are not, It empowers them to become a better version of themselves.
— Nikki Rowe
Perhaps all the dragons of your life are princesses, who are only waiting for us to show a little beauty and courage. Perhaps at the very bottom every horror is something helpless, that wants help from us
— Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Good manners is just being respectful of others. Whether you know them or not, you should show respect for all people.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Everything has a consequence to it.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Posting your thoughts on any social media site is like telling you most deeply held secret to the town gossip. Not a wise move.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Please hold onto your kindess, we share the world with many selfish beings And we need open hearts to create change.
— Nikki Rowe
We watch death and destruction on TV, in movies, over the news and online so much that it is just a part of our lives. It was never meant to be that way. In the end, we have paid a heavy price for our curiosity.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Social media is just that - social.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
And kindness is a weakness. I can see that now. But it's a weakness I'm still not sure I'd want to give up entirely .
— Kallypso Masters, Nobody's Dream
It seems that the days of public modesty and concern about how we look are far from us. I will not say they are gone forever, in culture nothing is forever.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
What goes out always returns
—  remember to be kind to yourself.
I believe that when a person has hope in the future, believe in their ability to achieve and understand that God made them for a purpose, then they will, in the end, and achieve great things.
— John Patrick Hickey, Oops! Did I Really Post That
Sit with me, and I'll not be alone.Hold my hand, and I'll not feel alone.Cry with me, and I'll no longer suffer alone.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look inferior, which in essence, makes you superior.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.
— Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural
Allowing a person or thing to leave your life, without further pain is the basis of humanity. Everything else is the reason (theology).
— Shannon L. Alder
Reading and writing are not education if they do not help people to be kind to all creatures
— John Ruskin
Sometimes "No" is the kindest word.
— Vironika Tugaleva
The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard
— Henry David Thoreau
If you start each day happy and treat people with more kindness, it determines the way you live your day. It's all about your choices!
— Wesam Fawzi
Every act of kindness is another step up Heaven’s stairway.
— Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness