Kind Quotes - Page 97

Being kind to others is a way of being good to yourself.

I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.

No matter how unfriendly you are you have always listened to my requests. Your kindness is always saving me.

The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you. As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world about you.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to kindness, and philosophy to condor and humor. Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.

In my films, all the great things are put together. It's not like one kind of ice cream but rather a very big Sundae.

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

William Shakespeare sounds to me like some kind of faggot.

Everyone was telling me you have this great potential and you can be on top. I didn't believe that, but everyone was just telling me to believe in myself. I did and I'm kind of up on top and it's amazing.

The short way to happiness is through kindness and sensitivity.

Also "Catcher in the Rye", which happens to be one of my favorite books, I just found that kind of useful. It helps you get into the American accent.

I'm a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is kind of hard to believe.

Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible, and scientists quote other scientists. How do either scientists or theologians answer this question about the accuracy of their conclusions: “In reference to what?

I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing.

We have been saying, Lucy, that 'tis the strangest thing in the world people should quarrel about religion, since we undoubtedly all mean the same thing; all good minds in every religion aim at pleasing the Supreme Being; the means we take differ according to where we are born, and the prejudices we imbibe from education; a consideration which ought to inspire us with kindness and indulgence to each other.

Family. A snug kind of word.

I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed.

Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.

Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us.

Unless we're very intentional about meditating on these truths [that show God's love], they slip from our thoughts like misty dreams that evaporate in the morning light. That's why Luther said we must take heed then, to embrace...the love and kindness of God...[and to] daily excercise [our] faith therein, entertain no doubt of God's love and kindness.

Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.

I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

Kindness like light speaks in the air it gilds.