Quotes about Kindness
It may sound corny, but it's really true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
- John Maxwell
My Influence My life shall touch a dozen lives Before this day is done. Leave countless marks of good or ill, E'er sets the evening sun. This, the wish I always wish, The prayer I always pray; Lord, may my life help others' lives It touches by the way.
- John Maxwell
Always touch a person's heart before you ask him for a hand.
- John Maxwell
Maturity is the ability to see and act on behalf of others.
- John Maxwell
It's been said that great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others. That's what gossip does. It makes people small. There really is no upside to gossip. It diminishes the person being talked about. It diminishes the person who is saying unkind things about others, and it even diminishes the listener. That's why you should avoid not only spreading gossip but also being a recipient of it.
- John Maxwell
Jesuit theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, "The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others." Anyone who has unselfishly helped another person knows this to be true.
- John Maxwell
Give first, no matter what your circumstances may be.
- John Maxwell
People are most likely to help us after we have helped them in some way.
- John Maxwell
You can think the world of others, but if you never actually tell them, then you don't really help them.
- John Maxwell
If you are willing to make success about giving rather than gaining, you will find your life to be greatly rewarding.
- John Maxwell
Produce second-mile followers. If you go out of your way to care about others and help them, then they will go out of their way to help you when you ask them to.
- John Maxwell
if you have a positive, joyous outlook, the joy you share will be returned to you.
- John Maxwell