Quotes


 * Kindness Quotes**

Kindness comes from the same root as kin, therefore family. We are a family at Summit. We are kind.

"friendly," from O.E. gecynde "natural, native, innate," originally "with the feeling of relatives for each other," from P.Gmc. *gakundiz, from *kunjan (see **KIN**), with collective prefix *ga- and abstract suffix *-iz. Sense development from "with natural feelings," to "well-disposed" (c.1300), "benign, compassionate" (c.1300).
 * KIND (adj)**

O.E. cyn "family, race, kind, nature," from P.Gmc. *kunjan (cf. O.N. kyn, O.H.G. chunni, Goth. kuni "family, race," O.N. kundr "son," Ger. kind "child"), from PIE *gen- "to produce."
 * KIN**

1. "Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others." – The Buddha

2. "The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity." – George Bernard Shaw

3. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." – Samuel Johnson

4. "The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend." – Abraham Lincoln

5. "We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are." – [|Anais Nin]  6. "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." – Cicero

7. "Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only." – Samuel Butler

8. "This is the final test of a gentleman: His respect for those who can be of no possible service to him." – William Lyon Phelps

9. "You can't hold a man down without staying down with him." – Booker T. Washington

10. "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." – The Buddha

11. "During my eighty–seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think." – Bernard Baruch

12. "Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back." – Thomas Sowel

13. We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." – The Buddha

14. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." – Aristotle

15. "In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place." – Mohandas K. 'Mahatma' Gandhi

16. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." – Benjamin Franklin

17. "Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." – Paul Boese

18. "It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. – Henry Ward Beecher

19. "A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth." – Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882)

20. "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." – Dr. Wayne W. Dyer (1940~) American Psychotherapist, Author, Lecturer

21. "In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male, to graduate from high school, college, or university without ever having cared for, or even held, a baby; without ever having comforted or assisted another human being who really needed help. . . . No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations, and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings." – Urie Bronfenbrenner

22. "Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do." – Johann von Goethe  23. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"A good reputation is more valuable than money." – Publilius Syrus

24. "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." – Plato

25. The greatest gift of life is friendship and I have received it. - Hubert H. Humphrey

26. To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu

27. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors... but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

28. Friendship makes bright times brighter still. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

29. While the word is yet unspoken, you are the master of it; When once it is spoken, then it is the master of you. -Arab proverb

30. The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich, American theologist.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">31. Sometimes it's better to say nothing than to say everything. -Russian Proverb ======

32. Let us always greet each other with a smile for the smile is the beginning of love. -Mother Teresa

33. A multitude of small delights constitutes happiness. - Charles Baudelaire

34. Feelings are everywhere - BE GENTLE! - J. Masai

35. If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Theresa

36. Happiness isn’t something you experience; It’s something you remember! - Oscar Kevant

37. Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. - Henry David Thoreau

38. Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too. - Voltaire

39. It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. - Erma Bombeck

40. The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions—the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

41. Happiness is when what you think, do and say are in harmony. - Mohatma Gandhi

42. "No man is really wise until he is kind and courteous." - Charles Haas

43. "The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt attention to one another's existence." - Sue Atchley Ebaugh

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">44. "Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care." - John Cassis

45. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia

46. There is always a way to be honest without being brutal. - Arthur Dobrin

47. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature. - Joseph Addison

48. It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade. - George Eliot

49. No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves. - Amelia Earhart

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">50. When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people. - Abraham Joshua Heschel

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">51. You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">52. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">53. Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for a kindness. - Seneca

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">54. When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel. - Harold Kushner

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">55. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. - Philo

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">56. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. - Ralph Waldo Emerson