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Quotes On Kindness And Gratitude
There but for the grace of God go [I].
John Bradford, Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain (1882 ~ 1973), Reflections on America, 1958
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
Cicero (106 BC ~ 43 BC), Pro Plancio, 54 B.C.
That best portion of a good man^s life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
William Wordsworth (1770 ~ 1850)
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
The Dalai Lama (1935 ~ )
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else^s life forever.
Margaret Cho, weblog, 03~11~04
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
George Sand (1804 ~ 1876)
I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Ettiene De Grellet
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Confucius (551 BC ~ 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Confucius (551 BC ~ 479 BC)
Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 ~ 1860)
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
Albert Einstein (1879 ~ 1955)
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop (620 BC ~ 560 BC), The Lion and the Mouse
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
William Hutton
Charity begins at home.
Terence (185 BC ~ 159 BC), Andria
Charity sees the need not the cause.
German Proverb
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
Francis Maitland Balfour
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
Andrew Carnegie (1835 ~ 1919)
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Albert Camus (1913 ~ 1960)
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 (NASB)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self~control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22~23
Put on therefore, as God^s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: 14and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. 15And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God. 17And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:12~17 (ASV)
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; 6and in your knowledge self~control; and in your self~control patience; and in your patience godliness; 7and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love. 8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: 11for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:5~11 (ASV)
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:15~17 (NIV)