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I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.
Sep 10, 2025
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
"The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one's existence, to have a good heart."
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
The simple act of caring is heroic.
Simplification is one of the most difficult things to do.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
"In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with."
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it!
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on.
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.
You cannot do a kindness too soon.
When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Do your little bit of good where you are.
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.