Values & Character: Kindness Quotes

"A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils"

Margaret Cavendish, Writer

"Well, it was a typical meeting with the President. He was very gracious, very outgoing"

Lew Wasserman, Producer

"Keep your private life private. Be open to suggestions from different people. And just be nice. I have heard stories about people who are just plain rude to the press or fans"

Michelle Trachtenberg, Actress

"In such a case it would be almost sure of success if the active members of a society established for that purpose were inclined to meet the poor as men, as brethren, and as Christians"

Joseph Lancaster, Educator

"I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time"

Wyclef Jean, Musician

"I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help"

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Businessman

"Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them!"

Lawrence G. Lovasik, Clergyman

"Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world"

Lawrence G. Lovasik, Clergyman

"All you'd have to do is get a sad look, and he'd try to do something for you"

Margaret O'Brien, Actress

"No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues"

Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman

"We are living at a time when creeds and ideologies vary and clash. But the gospel of human sympathy is universal and eternal"

Samuel Hopkins Adams, Writer

"I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate!"

Joanna Trollope, Novelist

"I say, let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families"

William P. Leahy, Educator

"For the most part, our grassroots members are serious, nice, tolerant people"

Francis Maude, Politician

"Through these offices, it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices, I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people"

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Writer

"Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us"

Russell M. Nelson, Clergyman

"Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital"

Tom Kite, Athlete

"Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world"

Thomas Guthrie, Clergyman

"I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated"

Louie Anderson, Comedian

"Be sweet, be good, and honest always"

Emma Bunton, Musician

"The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others"

Edward Irving, Clergyman

"I need to think about 'Make sure you drink your water.' That's the kind of person I am"

Jon Crosby, Musician

"As a result of half a century of Soviet rule, people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness"

Svetlana Alliluyeva, Celebrity

"Ray would be in trouble, he would get drunk, he would try and kill J.R on three different occasions, he would make mistakes with financial affairs, and have various human problems, but he didn't have any mean bones in his body! That was a little bit of what the show was about"

Steve Kanaly, Actor

"This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured"

Marie Windsor, Actress

"I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I enjoy giving back"

Alex O'Loughlin, Actor

"You just try to be nice to everybody and treat them all the same. Treat them how you would want to be treated"

Tim Tebow, Athlete

"I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly"

Lili Taylor, Actress

"I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them!"

John Lee Hooker, Musician

"There's nothing so rewarding as to make people realize they are worthwhile in this world"

Bob Anderson, Writer

"People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works"

David McCullough, Historian

"Touching people is very rewarding to me"

Della Reese, Musician

"I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need!"

Jennifer Granholm, Politician

"We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations!"

Dick Van Patten, Actor

"America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love"

Cal Thomas, Journalist

"I'm a compassionate conservative"

John Engler, Politician

"There is a lot that happens around the world, we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help"

Jan Schakowsky, Politician

"I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home"

James MacArthur, Actor

"I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there"

Connie Sellecca, Actress

"Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways"

Al Lewis, Actor

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