Kindly Quotes

308 Kindly quotes by 246 unique authors

To read well is to prepare oneself to live wisely, kindly and wittily. — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Always speak and think kindly about yourself, because your soul needs your love and approval. — Doreen Virtue
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our… — Carl Sagan
Comedy is the kindly contemplation of the incongruous. — P.G. Wodehouse
If you remember your past too well you start blaming your present for it. Look what they did to me, that's what caused me to… — Julian Barnes
Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or… — Aristotle
Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild,… — Saint John Chrysostom
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . .… — Confucius
Amid the worry of a self- condemnatory soliloquy, his demeanour seemed grave, perhaps cold, both to me and his mother. And yet there was no… — Charlotte Bronte
My dear Madame, I just noticed that I forgot my cane at your house yesterday; please be good enough to give it to the bearer… — Marcel Proust
... there is clearly expressed for us? what it is we must attribute either to free will or to the decision and daily assistance of… — John Cassian
Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. It doesn't demand its own way or speak with moral superiority. Instead, humility answers softly and listens… — L. Whitney Clayton
What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it becomes his duty… — Francis Galton
Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty. — Marcus Aurelius
New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be incurious. — Ford Madox Ford
As a farmer, man himself became closely attached to the landscape, firmly rooted to the soil that supported him. At times the soil seemed bountiful… — Charles Kellogg
She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I… — Elizabeth Montagu
You just don't make decisions about what you're going to be like when you are old. I know that I am making that decision right… — John Powell
I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be… — George Bernard Shaw
I revear all the gods but those that delight in cruelty. If Ra's light is kindly in your eyes than may his light shine on… — Elizabeth Moon
Respect kindly all religions that teach loving kindness, and have no respect for envy and jealousy. Never follow hate. — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Those little children have not yet any understanding to desire His blessing; but when they are presented to Him, He gently and kindly receives them,… — John Calvin
There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what you are doing… — Elizabeth Zimmermann
I plant rosemary all over the garden, so pleasant is it to know that at every few steps one may draw the kindly branchlets through… — Gertrude Jekyll
The true joy of humankind is in doing that which is most proper to our nature; and the first property of people is to be… — Marcus Aurelius

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