If you can learn from hard knocks, you can can also learn from soft touches.

Share your wings with those who have trouble flying.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is a bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

If you cannot return a favor, pass it on.

I look upon myself as a dull person. I take more time than others in understanding some things, but I do not care. There is a limit to man's progress in intelligence; but the development of the qualities of the heart knows no bounds.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting someone else up.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.

It is kindness in a person, not beauty, that wins our love.

Empathy is your pain in my heart.

A gentle word is never lost. . . It cheers the heart when sorrow-tossed and lulls the cares that bruise it.

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.

Immortality lies not in the things you leave behind, but in the people your life has touched.

A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.

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.

Everyone needs a little love and encouragement sometimes. . . Everyone likes to be reminded of how wonderful they are and how much they matter. . . so speak up. Please, after you read this, go remind at least one person how special he or she is. Do it more than once if you want. Remind lots of people. Compliment a stranger's festive hat or whistle a tune for someone who's feeling down: And if you're feeling down yourself, do it anyway. . . sometimes making someone else feel good is the best thing you can do for yourself. Oh, and remind yourself, too, that you love yourself, and that you're special. Because it's true, and the more you keep saying it, the easier it is to remember. Loving ourselves and loving each other builds the community that makes life all worthwhile.

No matter how much it hurts, no matter what the pain is inside, work hard to make somebody happy everyday.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

You never know what happiness a simple act of kindness will bring about.

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare think.

I suppose people in general can be cruel to one another because it's easier to do the wrong thing; kindness takes an effort most are not willing to exert.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

I choose to be a citizen who is remembered as a man who cared and who made a difference, not just by my family and friends, but also by others. I will be satisfied if the only memorial left of me are the good deeds I have done.

The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive.

People in general are cruel to one another. The only way to have fun to them is to make fun of someone. I hate that. Why can't someone be different. . . why can't someone be themselves without being made fun of? I hate society because of how they judge people and how everything is based on looks and shit. I'm sorry. . . but I'm not a jerk to others. So be nice or go fuck yourself.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good by doing something for others.

A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so much as a leg or a finger, they will drown him. They wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give. It is then generosity on their part.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.