Quotes about Kindness

Perhaps, if I hadn't been, once before—I mean, if I'd always been a prudent deliberate Ralston, it would have been kinder to Tina in the end." Dr. Lanskell sank his gouty bulk into the chair behind his desk, and beamed at her through ironic spectacles. "I hate in-the-end kindnesses: they're about as nourishing as the third day of cold mutton.

Our goal is to love people more than need them. We are overflowing pitchers, not leaky cups.

People familiar with shame are willing to wash feet, but they are uncomfortable with other people washing their feet. They are better at serving than being served. Well, get used to being served.

The visitor (what Scripture calls the "foreigner" or "alien") comes first. The visitor who returns comes next. The less popular, the introverts, the marginalized, or those sitting alone come next. Then come the children. Jesus singles them out as examples of the marginalized. "Hi, _______" is offered to as many people as possible, which doesn't have to be accompanied by a hug or a handshake.

Most gifts emerge in the context of serving people.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.