Kindness Is a Fountain of Gladness, Making Everything In Its Vicinity Freshen Into Smiles.

Source: This quote is from “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” (1819) by Washington Irving. Original Quote: How easy is it for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles.

Kindness – I have learned that a man has the right to look down on another only when he has to help the other get to his feet.

Source: This quote is from the poem, titled “La Marioneta” or “The Puppet,” was said to be a farewell poem Garcia Marquez had written and sent out to his closest friends on account of his worsening condition. Complete Sentence: I have learned that a man only has the right to look down on another man Read More…

It’s easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.

Source: This quote is from a song “I Know It’s Over” from album “The Queen Is Dead” (1986) by The Smiths, lyrics by Steven Patrick Morrissey. Complete Stanza: It’s so easy to laugh It’s so easy to hate It takes strength to be gentle and kind It’s over, over, over

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If you can be Kind in the Land of Rudeness, you can be King in the Land of Kindness.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.

Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Speech in 1935, as quoted by Donna E. Shalala, as Secretary of Health and Human Services, in a speech to the American Public Welfare Association (27 February 1995).

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

Do all things with kindness.