Quotes about Kindness

Combine common sense and the Golden Rule, and you will have very little bad luck.

If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.

Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.

The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head.

Love your friend with his fault.

What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.

He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.