Quotes about Kindness

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

Focus on serving others. ... No matter what is going on around us, we can attend to the people in front of us, to the issues confronting us and there, we offer what we can. We can offer insight and compassion. We can be present. We can stay and not flee. We can be exemplars of the best human qualities. That is a life well lived, even if we didn't save the world.

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.