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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in kind that kindness will flow, For kindness grows in this way.
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The good deed you do today For a brother or sister in need Will come back to you some day For humanity's a circle in deed.
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Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
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Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
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Kindness is wisdom.
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Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
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A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.
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Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. [Ephesians]
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Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.
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The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.
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Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears, Pass it on.
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Fair and softly goes far.
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Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.
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Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
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Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
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The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.
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Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.
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It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.
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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
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Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.
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If you were busy being kind, Before you knew it, you would find You'd soon forget to think 'twas true That someone was unkind to you. If you were busy being glad, And cheering people who are sad, Although your heart might ache a bit, You'd soon forget to notice it.
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As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.
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He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
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Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
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Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.
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Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.
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Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
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To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite human beings, Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.
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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
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Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
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If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act, you have neglected much, and most of all yourself.
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If someone were to pay you $.10 for every kind word you ever spoke and collect $.05 for every unkind word, would you be rich or poor?
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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good 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.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
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Kind words are worth much and they cost little.
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Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.
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Kindness begets kindness.
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One kind word can warm 3 winter months.
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind.
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Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.
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Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
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Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.
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Kindness out of season destroys authority.
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Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad.
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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
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The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others.
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Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.
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Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
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We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.
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There are times that when truth and kindness conflict one ought to chose kindness, especially when a little honesty is better than a lot.
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It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.
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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
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Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
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We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.
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Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.
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We hate the kindness which we understand.
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I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!
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If your words are soft and sweet, they won't be as hard to swallow if you have to eat them.
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I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer not neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
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I have wept in the night for the shortness of sight that to somebody's need made me blind; But I never have yet Felt a tinge of regret for being a little to kind
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By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too.
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