Quotes about Kindness

Real leaders have something to give, and they give it freely. Anthony DeMello saw a starving child shivering in the cold. Angrily he lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "God, how could you allow such suffering? Why don't you do something?" There was a long silence and then DeMello was startled when he heard the voice of God answer him, "I certainly have done something—I made you.

If you desire to mine the gold of good intentions in others, then forgiveness is essential. And it's rarely a one-time thing. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was right when he said, "Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.

The unfortunate truth is that many of us, instead of offering total forgiveness, pray something like this Irish Prayer: May those who love us, love us; And those who don't love us May God turn their hearts; And if He doesn't turn their hearts, May He turn their ankles, So we'll know them by their limping.

Am I adding value to people?

Sometimes we get to see the miracle. Others times we get to be the miracle.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Make it your job to put other people on top today.

Take interest in others before they take interest in you.

if you want people to act right toward you, you act right toward them. And many times you'll change them.

Look at your own quirks, idiosyncrasies, and oddities as a reminder to be more patient with others.

Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others.

The best way to lose an enemy is to treat him like a friend.