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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled.…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not…
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the…
— Leo Buscaglia
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I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.
— Bud Wilkinson
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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another…
— Fred Rogers
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Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you; until you have cultivated the habit…
— Napoleon Hill
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Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to. But a kind word every now and then…
— Victoria Glendinning
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Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.
— John Ruskin
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If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the…
— Blaise Pascal
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Few of us will do the spectacular deeds of heroism that spread themselves across the pages of our newspapers in big black…
— Wilferd Peterson
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Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Kind words are the music of the world.
— Frederick William Faber
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