What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
In a way, every parent is sort of dependent on the benevolence of the society around them to take care of their… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
To damage the sovereignty of the individual is to replace a community inspired by love, benevolence, and beauty by another based solely… — Anwar Sadat Copy Share Image
“In my 14 years of existence, I've never had a girl write nice things about me. I want to cry, and I… — Megan Jacobson Copy Share Image
That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“I found, increasingly, that I did not particularly care and I tried to fake a little kindness, a little sweetness, tried to… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Walk in kindness toward the Earth and every living being. Without kindness and compassion for all of Mother Nature’s creatures, there can… — Sylvia Dolson Copy Share Image
I have pledged - to you, the rating agencies and myself - to always run Berkshire with more than ample cash. We… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Speak kindly to yourself so that you elevate your energy and the world around you. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The male establishment power structure has not really changed its attitude towards women. They did not give these rights to women out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“As a Texan, I say ma'm and sir to my age contemporaries and open doors for anyone that I can. This goes… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“What gives a person’s brief time on this planet meaning is engaging in small acts of kindness. Bestowing an act of kindness… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Real religion is not about being a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. Real religion is about loving God, & dedicating… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
I no longer think she's just being nice. She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness.… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
“A paradigm shift in your thinking will cause you to see that kindness is easier than hate.” — Sravani Saha Nakhro Copy Share Image
I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that… — Arabian Proverb Copy Share Image
I have a very simple philosophy of life: Kindness. Ferocious, unrelenting, ruthless, committed, passionate, kindness. Life is sacred everywhere. We all have… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness. — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
“I don't bless people because I don't wanna. I do it because that's what kind of person I am. It's almost like… — Twizzy Young Copy Share Image
“Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
We must be purposely kind and generous or we miss the best part of life's existence. — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
It was a house without kindness, never meant to be lived in, not a fit place for people or for love or… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
I don’t want your lying kindness. Sure, you’ll smile and be so sweet to me that I’ll trust you, but the minute… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I have no churlish objection to the circumnavigation of the globe, for the purposes of art, of study, and benevolence, so that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
“In essence, we are deeper than being; we are character, which contains the conscious forces of love, justice, kindness, faith, and forgiveness.” — Gary Gordon Copy Share Image
To a haughty belly, kindness is hard to swallow and harder to digest. — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Have you ever been to a picnic? And someone blows up a balloon, and everyone starts tossing it around, and it's always… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image