Kindly Quotes

308 Kindly quotes by 246 unique authors

Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on. — John Henry Newman
Now, we've made the revolutionary discovery that children have two parents. A decade ago even the kindly Dr. Spock held mothers solely responsible for children. — Gloria Steinem
We angels are misconceived in the human world. People perceive us as kindly and bountiful; when, in truth, we are about as fluffy, as gentle,… — Rebecca Lim
The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere. — Orison Swett Marden
Time is a kindly God. — Sophocles
Too much has been said of the heroes of history-the strong men, the troublesome men; too little of the amiable, the kindly, the tolerant. — Stephen Leacock
Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof. — Stephen Leacock
The Earth is beautiful, and bright, and kindly, but that is not all. The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The negative cost of Lewis and Clark entering the Garden of Eden is that later expeditions regardless of what they were intended to do, later… — William Least Heat-Moon
Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it has ever turned… — Louis Sullivan
When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month,… — C. Wright Mills
Supply does not come through prayer. It comes as a result of an attitude of faith, a condition of mind and heart, in which the… — Henry Thomas Hamblin
A reader kindly pointed out to me recently that most of the quotes I include are by men. And it's true. Personally, I don't even… — Charlotte Bronte
I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the… — Nellie Bly
I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my husband when he… — Bonnie Jo Campbell
Stop, would you kindly? 'Would you kindly'. Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? Sit, would you kindly? Stand, would you kindly? Run! Stop! Turn. A man chooses,… — Andrew Ryan
Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others. — B. C. Forbes
Mindfulness is being aware of yourself, others, and your surroundings in the moment. When consciously and kindly focusing awareness on life as it unfolds minute… — Sue Thoele
Nature doth thus kindly heal every wound. By the mediation of a thousand little mosses and fungi, the most unsightly objects become radiant of beauty.… — Henry David Thoreau
In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please… — Jonathan Swift
A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The wonder of an artist's performance grows with the range of his penetration, with the instinctive sympathy that makes him, in his mortal isolation, considerate… — George Santayana
It may seem to your conceited to suppose that you can do anything important toward improving the lot of mankind. But this is a fallacy.… — Bertrand Russell
Ham will continue to be servant of servants, as the Lord decreed, until the curse is removed. will the present struggle free the slave? No;… — Brigham Young
Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people — Norman Vincent Peale

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