Values & Character: Kindness Quotes

"Always try to do something for the other fellow, and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you"

Claude M. Bristol, Writer

"All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side"

Anna Jameson, Writer

"I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins"

Shel Silverstein, Poet

"I always learned to be philanthropic... to give back"

Charlotte Rae, Actress

"Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person, I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him"

Roland Allen, Clergyman

"I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something"

Wendie Malick, Actress

"If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame"

Ugo Betti, Playwright

"Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want"

Myrtle Reed, Writer

"Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me"

Julie London, Musician

"If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent"

Carl Karcher, Businessman

"Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations"

Charles Richter, Scientist

"There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry?"

James Robinson, Writer

"Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims"

Billy Tauzin, Politician

"This is the time to pull together as a nation, as different people from all over the states with different perspectives and different social statuses and different income brackets, to unify into one and help those on the ground who need our help the most"

Jack Kingston, Politician

"I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly"

Erich Leinsdorf, Celebrity

"The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter"

Thomas Brooks, Writer

"Paradise is open to all kind hearts"

Pierre Jean de Beranger, Musician

"It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark"

Larry King, Entertainer

"You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious"

Rodney Carrington, Comedian

"As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency"

Caroline Kennedy, Celebrity

"Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves"

Nina Hagen, Musician

"Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!"

Lawrence G. Lovasik, Clergyman

"Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue"

Lawrence G. Lovasik, Clergyman

"Certainly, we need to support the communities around the country, and we do"

Jim Walsh, Politician

"Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner"

Hugh Blair, Theologian

"I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win"

Dorothy Kilgallen, Actress

"Every time you get something, give something away"

Wendie Malick, Actress

"The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them"

Rod McKuen, Poet

"There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry, and show, and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live"

Gedde Watanabe, Actor

"I think there's a good kid underneath everybody. I really do"

Maury Povich, Celebrity

"I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people, and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure"

Kenneth Branagh, Actor

"We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value"

Thomas Vilsack, Politician

"The choice that you, as a Soul, have in relation to anything is always to be loving. Do you understand that this is the divine purpose that all of us as humans have been given - to love unconditionally?"

John Morton, Clergyman

"Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve"

Robert Staughton Lynd, Sociologist

"I still buy nice pieces, but at the moment they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously"

Michael Aspel, Journalist

"If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion"

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Statesman

"Have you noticed in your past experience that your kind interpretations were almost always truer than you harsh one?"

Lawrence G. Lovasik, Clergyman

"I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport"

Todd Barry, Comedian

"Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit"

Charlie Trotter, Celebrity

"I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life"

Anthony Perkins, Actor

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