Kindness Quotes - Page 18

• Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

  Margaret Cho

  Suicidal, Reality, Generosity

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• Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

  Alexander Pope

  Men, Doe, Literature

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.188

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• It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

  Eric Hoffer

  Kind Deeds, Judging, Literature

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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• Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return

  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

  Happiness, Respect, Humble

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• Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.

  Martin Scorsese

  Thinking, Compassion, Chinese

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• Love is your job description - no matter what you do for a living. If you ever feel unsure of what you're supposed to do in a situation, here's a good rule of thumb: always do what leads to greater love.

  Marci Shimoff

  Love, Inspirational, Jobs

  Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline, Marianne Williamson (2012). “Love For No Reason: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love”, p.287, Simon and Schuster

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• Let me, tonight look back across the span
  Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say-
  Because of some good act to beast or human-
  The world is better that I lived today.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Dark, Generosity, Dawn

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Morning Prayer”

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• It is God's kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.

  Rumi

  Courage, Order, Safety

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• The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you?

  Lee Wulff

  Fishing, Giving, Big Fish

  Lee Wulff (1989). “The compleat Lee Wulff: a treasury of Lee Wulff's greatest angling adventures”, Dutton Adult

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• Do no harmful actions, do not become attached to the cycle of death and rebirth, show kindness, respect the old and have compassion for the young, do not have a heart that rejects or a heart that covets and have no worry or sadness in your heart. This is what is called enlightenment. Do not seek it elsewhere.

  Dogen

  Heart, Sadness, Compassion

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• Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.

  Immaculee Ilibagiza

  Giving, Pockets, Helping

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• The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

  Thomas Merton

  God, Compassion, Ideas

  Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.22, Sounds True

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• Kindness is the cause of all anxiety.

  David D. Burns

  Anxiety, Causes

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• No man can become a great leader of men unless he has the milk of human kindness in his own heart, and leads by suggestion and kindness, rather than by force.

  Napoleon Hill

  Heart, Men, Leader

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.134, Penguin

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• Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not.

  Martin Pistorius

  Thinking, Compassion, Dignity

  "'I was like a ghost': Man recalls years awake but trapped in unresponsive body" by Kate Snow, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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• Even a little gift may be vast with loving kindness.

  Theocritus

  May, Littles, Loving Kindness

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• Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Life, Generosity, Giving

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.403, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.

  Confucius

  Morality, Loving Kindness, Maxims

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• Divine opportunities are all around you every day. Make a conscious effort today to show kindness to someone.

  O. S. Hawkins

  Life, Opportunity, Effort

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• Gentle feelings produce profoundly beneficial effects upon stern natures. It is the spring rain which melts the ice-covering of the earth, and causes it to open to the beams of heaven.

  Fredrika Bremer

  Spring, Rain, Ice

  Fredrika Bremer (1856). “Hertha”, p.143

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• Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

  Mao Zedong

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

  Emily Dickinson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "If I can stop one heart from breaking" l. 1 (ca. 1865)

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• The very nature of kindness is to spread. If you are kind to others, today they will be kind to you, and tomorrow to somebody else.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Valentine's Day, Today, Be Kind

  "Ten Thousand Flower Flames Part 1-100" by Sri Chinmoy, (#9280, Part 93), 1979.

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• The short way to happiness is through kindness and sensitivity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Way

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• If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

  Bob Hope

  Life, Happiness, Success

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