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Kindness13 quotes
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks,
Shall win my love. — William Shakespeare · 1594Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a Gallon of Vinegar. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind." — Kurt Vonnegut · 1965I must be cruel only to be kind. — William Shakespeare · 1616Love and the gracious heart are a single thing…
One can no more be without the other
Than the reasoning mind without its reason. — Dante Alighieri · 1294Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything. — Jack Kerouac · 1958All 13 quotes →Butterfly effect1 quote
Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person... Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many. — Fred Rogers · 2003Compliments1 quote
Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a Gallon of Vinegar. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Criticizing others1 quote
Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a Gallon of Vinegar. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Cruelty1 quote
I must be cruel only to be kind. — William Shakespeare · 1616Diversity of religion1 quote
So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1896Empathy1 quote
True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and joys of others. — Andre Gide · 1959End justifies the means1 quote
I must be cruel only to be kind. — William Shakespeare · 1616Golden rule1 quote
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down. — Wilson Mizner · 1953Grace1 quote
Love and the gracious heart are a single thing…
One can no more be without the other
Than the reasoning mind without its reason. — Dante Alighieri · 1294How to behave1 quote
Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind." — Kurt Vonnegut · 1965Love1 quote
Love and the gracious heart are a single thing…
One can no more be without the other
Than the reasoning mind without its reason. — Dante Alighieri · 1294Nothing to prove1 quote
Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything. — Jack Kerouac · 1958Perfectionism1 quote
But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves? — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Pursuing women1 quote
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks,
Shall win my love. — William Shakespeare · 1594Self-acceptance1 quote
Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything. — Jack Kerouac · 1958Self-criticism1 quote
But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves? — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Support1 quote
Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person... Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many. — Fred Rogers · 2003Supporting others1 quote
Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person... Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many. — Fred Rogers · 2003White lies1 quote
In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. — Graham Greene · 1948Women's attractiveness1 quote
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks,
Shall win my love. — William Shakespeare · 1594