Quotes about Kindness

love isn't about living in fear. It's not about controlling the hearts of those around you. It is patient and kind. It endures and believes the very best. It never gives up.

Often times we reach out to people who would rather not be reached. We love people who reject our love and would just as soon spit in our face, but Jesus asks us to go on loving--go on reaching. It's easy to love someone when they love us, but so much harder to love when we are treated poorly by that person.

So often people think of sharing God's love by preaching or reading the Bible to someone. More often, we can show people Jesus by demonstrating kindness and love in practical ways.

Nowhere does this tendency toward artificial harmony show itself more than in mission-driven nonprofit organizations, most notably churches. People who work in those organizations tend to have a misguided idea that they cannot be frustrated or disagreeable with one another. What they're doing is confusing being nice with being kind.

Tell the kind truth.

And they don't worry about whether the potential client will take advantage of their generosity; they know that for every client that does, nine others will appreciate their generosity and start to see themselves as a client even before they formally decide to become one.

Beware when making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.

Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake.

When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.

The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.

Love your enemy. But don't forget he is not your friend.

Friendship never forgets that its only reason for existing is to love other people.