Quotes about Kindness

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Treat people with dignity and respect.

If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.

Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that I wanted to buy her groceries, the government was already doing that. I wanted to buy her dignity. And yet, by judging her, I was the one taking her dignity away.

If we hear, in our inner ear, a voice saying we are failures, we are losers, we will never amount to anything, this is the voice of Satan trying to convince the bride that the groom does not love her. This is not the voice of God. God woos us with kindness. He changes out of character with the passion of his love.

Almost without exception the most beautiful, selfless people I've met are ones who've experienced personal tragedy.

I heard once that real love doesn't ask what is in it for me; it just gives unconditionally. It just tries to take the weight out of somebody else's pack, lessen his load, and if it gets reciprocated, that's great, but that isn't what you did it for.

It's a phone call in the morning to pray about our day, a text-message to say I'm thinking of her, a handwritten note, a postcard when I'm out of town on business, remembering what drink she likes when we're at a bar, asking follow-up questions about her friends, and not hiding behind humor when it's time for a serious conversation.

I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility.

Those who realize the epic story of life is not about them but actually about the people around them somehow win in the end.

I liked the idea of loving people just to love them, not to get them to come to church.