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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Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a
kindness.
[Lat., Unicumque homo est, ibi read more
Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a
kindness.
[Lat., Unicumque homo est, ibi beneficio locus est.]
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life
But needs it and may learn.
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life
But needs it and may learn.
Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.
Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am read more
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
Through this toilsome world, alas! Once and only once I pass; If a kindness I may show, If a good read more
Through this toilsome world, alas! Once and only once I pass; If a kindness I may show, If a good deed I may do To a suffering fellow man, Let me do it while I can. No delay, for it is plain I shall not pass this way again. -Unknown.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
