Values & Character: Kindness Quotes

"What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love"

Richard Gere, Actor

"The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer"

Allen Klein, Businessman

"Kindness is wisdom"

Philip James Bailey, Poet

"We each have a personal myth, a vision of who we really are and what we want. Health means that part of what you want is to give to others"

George Weinberg, Psychologist

"A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool"

Henry Fielding, Novelist

"When I lay my head on the pillow at night, I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know, ask yourself, Why am I telling it?"

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Theologian

"To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing"

Samuel Richardson, Novelist

"It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept"

Samuel Richardson, Novelist

"Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health"

Samuel Richardson, Novelist

"Each of us knows that we have an obligation to care for the old, the young and the sick. We stand strongest when we stand with the weakest among us"

Sarah Palin, Politician

"I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as an act of service than out of the things they do for themselves"

Edward Norton, Actor

"Elvis was a very generous person. He loved to give gifts to people, especially those he cared about"

Priscilla Presley, Actress

"If somebody mistreats you, treat 'em good. That kills 'em"

Bobby Bowden, Coach

"The more riches you have, the more you can share. So I like to share everything that I have that's of value"

Leonard Orr, Celebrity

"Since my accident, I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people"

George C. Wallace, Politician

"I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people"

Roger Nash Baldwin, Activist

"I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves"

John Burns, Activist

"I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy"

Minnie Pearl, Musician

"Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise"

Robert Martin, Politician

"How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us"

Fred Rogers, Celebrity

"When I became of service to other people, I stopped worrying about my weight so much"

Judith Light, Actress

"But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back, and I've always felt that way"

Judith Light, Actress

"The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation"

Miriam Beard, Historian

"You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do"

Judith Martin, Author

"I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick, it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all"

William Allen White, Editor

"You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other"

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Musician

"There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man"

Alan Paton, Novelist

"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world"

Annie Lennox, Musician

"I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking"

Chevy Chase, Comedian

"Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well"

Annie Leibovitz, Photographer

"You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive"

James Stephens, Poet

"I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers"

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Psychologist

"As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do"

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Psychologist

"Compassion is not a luxury, it's a necessity"

Yung Pueblo, Writer

"If my films have a message, it's that humanity is a single family and we should try to help each other"

Moustapha Akkad, Director

"If you walk down the street and see someone in a box, you have a choice. That person is either the other and you're fearful of them, or that person is an extension of your family. And that makes you at home in that world and not fearful. So really it's very self-serving"

Susan Sarandon, Actress

"I think we have to be not so afraid of scarcity. We have to be willing to give away all things"

Sharon Stone, Actress

"There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts"

Joseph Roux, Clergyman

"Heroes can be sweet"

Oriana Fallaci, Journalist

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