Quotes about Kindness

You can tell a lot about a man by watching how he treats those he doesn't have to be nice to.

Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.

God has decreed it so, that where tenderness of heart is, there mercy shall follow...

It cannot but cheer the heart of the spouse, to consider, in all her infirmities and miseries she is subject to, that she hath a husband of a kind disposition, that knows how to give the honour of mild usage to the weaker vessel, that will be so far from rejecting her, because she is weak, that he will pity her the more. And as he is kind at all times, so especially when it is most seasonable; he will speak to her heart, 'especially in the wilderness,' Hos. ii. 24.

Christ came down from heaven, and emptied himself of majesty in tender love to souls; shall we not come down from our high conceits to do any poor soul good? Shall man be proud after God hath been humble?

Some think it strength of grace to endure nothing in the weaker, whereas the strongest are readiest to bear with the infirmities of the weak.

Christ came down from heaven and emptied himself of majesty in tender love to souls. Shall we not come down from our high conceits to do any poor soul good? Shall man be proud after God has been humble?

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Servants focus on others, not themselves. This is true humility: not thinking less of ourselves but thinking of ourselves less

Proverbs tells us, "The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped."12 Those who pass along insights get more from God.

your character is the sum total of your habits. You can't claim to be kind unless you are habitually kind — you show kindness without even thinking about it. You can't claim to have integrity unless it is your habit to always be honest.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.