Quotes about Kindness

The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.

love is the only thing that can change the unchangeable.

We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.

Love means giving up - yielding my preferences, comfort, goals, security, money, energy, or time for the benefit of someone else.

I'm convinced being generous is a better way to live. I'm convinced forgiving people and not carrying around bitterness is a better way to live. I'm convinced having compassion is a better way to live. I'm convinced pursuing peace in every situation is a better way to live. I'm convinced listening to the wisdom of others is a better way to live. I'm convinced being honest with people is a better way to live.

This is how you remember God: you bless those who need it the most in the same way that God blessed you when you needed it the most.

But this lawyer, he can't even answer Jesus's question by saying the name. He simply replies the one . . . That's your neighbor. That's who you're called to love. That's where the eternal life is found. In showing kindness to the one you hate, the one you despise, the one you wish didn't exist, the one whose name you can't even say.

It's one thing to be in love; it's another to act because of love. Love is a noun—a feeling you have—and it's also a verb, something you do.

Even the slightest tremors of bitterness can block the flow of love.

Exactly. It's about a particular kind of relationship with a particular kind of God, one who is good and kind and generous. One who can be trusted. One who keeps insisting, Trust me, I got this.

Agape doesn't need a reason.

Give the gift, and surrender the rest.