Monday, February 26, 2007

Quotes About Kindness I


Kindness is the greatest wisdom.


A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. ~Dave Barry


Always be a little kinder than necessary. ~James M. Barrie


If you step on people in this life, you're going to come back as a cockroach. ~Willie Davis


A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~Charles H. Spurgeon


It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.


Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~ H. Jackson Brown


Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.

If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf. ~Thomas Fuller


Life is short but there is always time for courtesy. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love. ~Bertrand Russell


If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind. ~Alfred Fripp


To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. ~Max Beerbohm


One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. ~Booker T. Washington


The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. ~John E. Southard


Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. ~Samuel Johnson


A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb


If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama


There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. ~Frank Tyger


Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.


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