Kindly Quotes
308 Kindly quotes by 246 unique authors
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One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that maintaining the right…
— Eula Biss
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The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate…
— William Howard Taft
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The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an inexorable process of…
— Octavio Paz
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In this vast universe There is but one supreme truth- That God is our friend! By that truth meaning is given To the remote stars,…
— Joshua L. Liebman
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For retirement brings repose, and repose allows a kindly judgment of all things.
— John Sharp Williams
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At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me…
— William Banting
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My beloved young friends, determine to serve one another. Opportunities for Christian acts of service do not always come at convenient times. Listen to the…
— Vaughn J Featherstone
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We ought to deal kindly with all, and to manifest those qualities which spring naturally from a heart tender and full of Christian charity; such…
— St. Vincent
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The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite…
— Grover Cleveland
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What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindlyplant was introduced among us. Why myriads of women have cried over it,…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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Treat kindly every miserable truth that knocks begging at your door, otherwise you will some day fail to recognize Truth Himself when He comes in…
— Austin O'Malley
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We can struggle with what is. We can judge and blame others or ourselves. Or we can accept what cannot be changed. Peace comes from…
— Jack Kornfield
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In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from a dot-com job to the…
— Jon Meacham
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Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported…
— Alan Greenspan
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When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are…
— Clarence Darrow
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The true task of spiritual life is not found in faraway places or unusual states of consciousness. It is here in the present. It asks…
— Jack Canfield
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We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.
— Brené Brown
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What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get…
— Unknown Author
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By some chance, here they are, all on this earth; and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying, on quilts,…
— James Agee
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The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the right of secession.…
— Ammon Hennacy
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The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man that he grows…
— Gardiner Spring
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I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw…
— Basil W. Maturin
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Kurds are like fire, if approached kindly they will warm you, if approached badly they will burn you
— Leyla Zana
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... I soon found an opportunity to be introduced to a famous professor Johann Bernoulli. ... True, he was very busy and so refused flatly…
— Leonhard Euler
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Where is our comfort but in the free, uninvolved, finally mysterious beauty and grace of this world that we did not make, that has no…
— Wendell Berry
Who Wrote These Kindly Quotes
246 authors contributed a total of 308 Kindly Quotes, led by these top contributors: