Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.~Mark Twain~
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you, not because they are nice, but because you are.~Author Unknown~
Carry a heart that never hates. Carry a smile that never fades. Carry a touch that never hurts.~Author Unknown ~
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 ~
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.~ Tenzin Gyatso ~
Never look down on anyone unless you are helping them up.~Author Unknown ~
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.~Author Unknown ~
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.~
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.~Author Unknown ~
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.~Rudyard Kipling~
Don’t be yourself — be someone a little nicer.~Mignon McLaughlin~
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.~Author Unknown ~
A fellow who does things that count doesn’t usually stop to count them. ~Albert Einstein~
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life — reciprocity. ~Confucius~ Reciprocity – a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other, to allow each other to have the same rights…
Grownups know that little things matter … and that relationships are based on respect and reciprocity. ~Margaret Carlson~
Don’t wait for people to be friendly, show them how.~Author Unknown ~
The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.~Henry Boye~
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.~Abraham Joshua Heschel~
If we should deal out justice only in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.~Mark Twain~
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.~George Washington Carver~
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.~John Wooden~
If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.~Antonio Porchia~
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.~Winston Churchill~
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.~Frank A. Clark~
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~
Don’t let those who take advantage of your generosity stop you from being generous.~Author Unknown~
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.~Maya Angelou ~
In a world full of people who couldn’t care less, be someone who couldn’t care more.~Author Unknown ~
Love thy neighbor, and if it requires that you bend your understanding of the truth, the Truth will understand.~Robert Brault~ The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor’s shoulder is to pat him on the back.~Author Unknown~ We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.~Epictetus~