You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more friends by building people up than you can by tearing them down. And you can gain more friends by taking a few minutes from each day to do something kind for someone, whether it be a friend or a complete stranger. What a difference one person can make!
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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a
kind manner and gentle speech.
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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a
kind manner and gentle speech.
[Lat., Sed tamen difficile dictu est, quantopere conciliat animos
hominum comitas affabilitasque sermonis.]
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses
Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember read more
Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
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Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The best I had, a princess wrought it me--
And I did never ask it you again;
And with my hand at midnight held your head,
And like the watchful minutes to the hour,
Still and anon cheered up the heavy time,
Saying, 'What lack you?' and 'Where lies your grief?'
The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.
The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of read more
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who read more
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
