Kind Quotes - Page 42

Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to whom he has done good.

Strangely enough I like the kind to which I belong: people.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests. This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you.

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.

Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. I couldn't find anybody else who felt as I did.

And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language.

There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.

Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

I'm going to be kind, because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there.

The art of being kind is all the world needs.

Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in loving kindness and patience or hold resentful malicious thoughts What we do to our fellow man we do to our Maker our karma or problem is within self.

Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God's favor.

Am I becoming the kind of person I would like to have as a friend?

Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.

Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering for them.

If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, never forget it.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

Advice is like mushrooms. The wrong kind can prove fatal.

He began it,” Cecily said, jerking her chin at Will, though she knew it was pointless. Jem, Will’s parabatai, treated her with the distant sweet kindness reserved for the little sisters of one’s friends, but he would always side with Will. Kindly, but firmly, he put Will above everything else in the world. Well, nearly everything.

I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.

Every act of kindness and consideration changes and enhances the course of life.

I want to be like the air. The good-hearted person whose kindness overflows and people realize how important she was to them, once she is gone. I want to be that kind of person.

I always say that I'm really inspired by mistakes and things that kind of go wrong.