Kindness
Ø Always put yourself in others' shoes; if it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
Ø Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Ø Be kind, remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. (T.H. Thompson)
Ø Be kind to unkind people...they need it most.
Ø Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Ø Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. (Og Mandino)
Ø Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. (Marian Wright Edelman)
Ø Being kind is more important than being right.
Ø The best lesson we can learn is to love people and use things instead of loving things and using people.
Ø That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love (William Wordsworth)
Ø The best test of good manners is being able to put up pleasantly with bad ones. (Farmers Almanac)
Ø The best way to knock the chip off your neighbors shoulder is to pat him on the back
Ø Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments. (Talmud)
Ø Blowing out the other fellows candle won't make yours shine any brighter
Ø Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. (G.B. Shaw)
Ø Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to.
Ø Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.
Ø The fastest way to lift your spirits is to lift someone else's.
Ø Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.
Ø Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. (Frank A. Clark)
Ø He who praises everybody, praises nobody. (Samuel Johnson)
Ø I pray each day that I may be strong enough not to hurt anybody. (Acharya)
Ø I shall pass through this world but once...Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any other human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Ø If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. (Lucy Larcom)
Ø If you judge people, you have no time to love them
Ø If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. (Dalai Lama)
Ø If your heart is full of love, then you always have something to give.
Ø It's not a slam at you when people are rude - it's a slam at the people they've met before. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Ø Just because you can't be a star is no reason you have to be a cloud.
Ø The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.
Ø Kindness in words creates confidence,
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness,
Kindness in giving creates love. (Lao-Tse)
Ø Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. (Mark Twain)
Ø Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. (Samuel Johnson)
Ø Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. (Theodore Isaac, Rubin)
Ø Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will. Kindness says, "I want you to be happy." (Randolph Ray)
Ø Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind. (Henri Frederick Amiel)
Ø Little words of kindness, little acts of love -
bring us just a little bit of heaven from above.
Ø Live each day in a way that will make you feel good about yourself tomorrow.
Ø Loneliness shared becomes love; sorrow shared becomes comfort.
Ø The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. (Pierre Corneille)
Ø Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. (Emily Post)
Ø Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Ø No gift is too small to give, nor too simple to receive, if it's chosen with thoughtfulness and given with love. (Franz Kafka)
Ø Objects are just objects - people are much more important.
Ø One must be poor to know the luxury of giving! (George Eliot)
Ø The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. (John E. Southard)
Ø Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. (The Dalai Lama)
Ø Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. (Anne Herbert)
Ø Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. (Eric Hoffer)
Ø The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention. (Duguet)
Ø Sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
Ø Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. (Abraham Lincoln)
Ø Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. (Kahlil Gibran)
Ø The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones. (Gabirol)
Ø There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." (Frederick L. Collins)
Ø There are two ways of spreading light...To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Ø There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. (Frank Tyger)
Ø 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)
Ø Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.
Ø To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
Ø To keep something, you must care for it - to care for it you must understand what kind of care it requires. (Dorothy Parker)
Ø Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. (Leo Buscaglia)
Ø Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. (Robert Brault)
Ø Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.
Ø The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. (Ann Landers)
Ø The truth has never been of any real value to any human being--it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. (Graham Greene)
Ø We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. (George Bernard Shaw)
Ø What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's. (Olin Miller)
Ø What a world this would be if we just built bridges instead of walls.
Ø What matters is not the difference between believing and not believing
but the difference between caring and not caring. (Abbe Pire)
Ø A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
Ø You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.
Ø You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Ø You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. (John Wooden)