Quotes
Quotes about Kindness
Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.
I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness.
Not always actions show the man; we find
Who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
The man that lays his hand upon a woman,
Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch
Whom 't were gross flattery to name a coward.
That best portion of a good man's life,--
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love.
Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all
The dreary intercourse of daily life.
They love their land because it is their own,
And scorn to give aught other reason why;
Would shake hands with a king upon his throne,
And think it kindness to his Majesty.
To do him any wrong was to beget
A kindness from him, for his heart was rich--
Of such fine mould that if you sowed therein
The seed of Hate, it blossomed Charity.
She doeth little kindnesses
Which most leave undone, or despise.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Help to make earth happy like the heaven above.
There's no dearth of kindness
In this world of ours;
Only in our blindness
We gather thorns for flowers.
Life is mostly froth and bubble;
Two things stand like stone:--
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in our own.
Fierce for the right, he bore his part
In strife with many a valiant foe;
But Laughter winged his polished dart,
And kindness tempered every blow.
He that planteth a tree is the servant of God,
He provideth a kindness for many generations,
And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.
When Philip had news brought him of divers and eminent successes in one day, "O Fortune!" said he, "for all these so great kindnesses do me some small mischief."
Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.
In her tongue is the law of kindness.
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
