Kindness Quotes - Page 38

• A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Mistake, Views, People

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• Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Change, Believe

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• Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.

  Meshell Ndegeocello

  People, Encounters, Shields

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  I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

  Liam Neeson

  Matter, Bigs, Believer

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• One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.

  Bill Nighy

  Regret, Compassion, Names

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• The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Success, Anniversary, Wise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Children, Thinking, Consistency

  "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. March 25, 2002.

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• Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I'm very grateful for the support and kindness that we've gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband's policies or what have you, they care about children and that's been good to see.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Husband, Grateful

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• Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Mean, People, Being Popular

  "Queen Rania discusses her new book "The Sandwich Swap" with Oprah". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.queenrania.jo. April 23, 2010.

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• It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be.

  Josh Radnor

  Jobs, Play, Judging

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, People, Encounters

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

  Josh Radnor

  Appreciate, Risk, Investment

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

  Ron Reagan

  Buddhist, Teaching, Compassion

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• A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Gratitude, Men, Secret

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• Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Haste, Obligation, Ingratitude

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• You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.

  David Rockefeller

  Heart, Gentleman, Income

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you; you won't stand up for other people.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Stupid, Thinking, Compassion

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• We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Compassion, Skills Training, Old Habits

  "How to Get Real Happiness: An Interview with Sharon Salzberg". Interview with Elisha Goldstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2011.

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• I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba.

  Carlos Santana

  Wall, Compassion, Cuba

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• It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.

  George Santayana

  Football, Art, Museums

  George Santayana (1968). “Santayana on America: Essays, Notes, and Letters on American Life, Literature, and Philosophy”

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• Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

  Virginia Satir

  Motivational, Family, Appreciation

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• And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

  Martin Scorsese

  Forgiveness, Compassion, People

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• My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

  Steven Seagal

  Philosophy, Light, Suffering Of Others

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• The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

  William Shakespeare

  Smile, Encouraging, Broken Heart

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 3, l. 208

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• Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

  William Shakespeare

  Forgiveness, Sweet, Compassion

  William Shakespeare (1816). “The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.193

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