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Wisdom to help carry on, When all seems gone.






I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. ~Rudyard Kipling

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.  ~Mignon McLaughlin


There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.  ~Frank Tyger

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.  ~Author Unknown


A fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.  ~Variation of a saying by Albert Einstein


Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.  ~Mark Twain

 
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.  ~Seneca

A kind word is like a Spring day.  ~
Russian Proverb

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.  ~
Samuel Johnson



There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity.  ~Confucius

Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.  ~
Author Unknown

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.  ~
Henry Boye

When I was young, I admired clever people.  Now that I am old, I admire kind people.  ~
Abraham Joshua Heschel



Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.  ~Robert Brault


 If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
  ~Bob Hope

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.  ~Jesse Jackson

A good character is the best tombstone.  Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered.  Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.  ~Charles H. Spurgeon


It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.  ~Author Unknown

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.  It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.  ~
Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.  ~
Author Unknown



What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind.  ~
Cleveland Amory

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.  If you want to be happy, practice compassion.  ~Dalai Lama

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Thanks for the sharing.. Wow, it sure set me thinking, mostly importantly, encouraging me in what I've been doing but am feeling a little too tired of it.. ^_^ Thanks again, *hug*
Birdy Official said…
An interesting blog is running here. Full of meaningful quotes.

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