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    <outline type="rss"  title="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 18pt; color: red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Kindness &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 18pt; color: red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Quotes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the Pakistani bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, &amp;amp;quot;Six only!&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; The bus stopped.&amp;amp;nbsp; He counted on six passengers, rang the bell, and then, as the bus moved off, called to those left behind:&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;So sorry, plenty of room in my heart - but the bus is full.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; He left behind a row of smiling faces.&amp;amp;nbsp; It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ &amp;lt;span&amp;gt;The Friendship Book of Francis Gay, 1977&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;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.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Leo Buscaglia&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Be kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Chinese Proverb&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Frank A. Clark&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Marian Wright Edelman&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Charles Kuralt, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;On the Road with Charles Kuralt&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Have you had a kindness shown?&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Pass it on;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'Twas not given for thee alone,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Pass it on;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Let it travel down the years,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Let it wipe another's tears,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'Til in Heaven the deed appears -&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Pass it on.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Henry Burton, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Pass It On&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Saint Vincent de Paul&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Epictetus&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Malayan Proverb&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Winston Churchill&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~H. Jackson Brown,&amp;amp;nbsp;Jr.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Mary Engelbreit&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight.&amp;amp;nbsp; Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward.&amp;amp;nbsp; Your life will never be the same again.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Og Mandino&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If every man's internal care&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Were written on his brow,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How many would our pity share&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Who raise our envy now?&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~Peitro Metastasio&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Kindness is the Greatest Wisdom.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Dave Barry, &amp;amp;quot;Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn&amp;amp;quot;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Thomas Fuller&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Social Aims&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Bertrand Russell&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Alfred Fripp&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Max Beerbohm&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Booker T. Washington&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ John E. Southart&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Getting money is not all a man's business:&amp;amp;nbsp; to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Samuel Johnson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Love someone who doesn't deserve it.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The more sympathy you give, the less you need.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Malcolm S. Forbes&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.&amp;amp;nbsp; The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Baha'u'llah&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Attributed to both Zig Ziglar and Dr. Kenneth McFarland&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Nelson Henderson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ H.L. Mencken&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ James Matthew Barrie&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Karl Reiland&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How far that little candle throws his beams!&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;So shines a good deed in a weary world.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ William Shakespeare&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;I expect to pass through life but once.&amp;amp;nbsp; If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ William Penn&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Benjamin Disraeli&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How beautiful a day can be&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;When kindness touches it!&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ George Elliston&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Anne Frank, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Diary of a Young Girl&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Always be a little kinder than necessary.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ James M. Barrie&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;you step on people in this life, you're going to come back as a cockroach.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Willie Davis&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;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.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Robert Brault&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Bob Hope&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Jesse Jackson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A good character is the best tombstone.&amp;amp;nbsp; Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered.&amp;amp;nbsp; Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Charles H. Spurgeon&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.&amp;amp;nbsp; It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ H. Jackson Brown,&amp;amp;nbsp;Jr.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Cleveland Amory&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If you want to be happy, practice compassion.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Dalai Lama&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz.&amp;amp;nbsp; I breezed through the questions until I read the last one:&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; Surely this was a joke.&amp;amp;nbsp; I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name?&amp;amp;nbsp; I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.&amp;amp;nbsp; Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;Absolutely,&amp;amp;quot; the professor said.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;In your careers, you will meet many people.&amp;amp;nbsp; All are significant.&amp;amp;nbsp; They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; I've never forgotten that lesson.&amp;amp;nbsp; I also learned her name was Dorothy.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Joann C. Jones&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Rudyard Kipling&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Mignon McLaughlin, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Second Neurotic's Notebook&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, 1966&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Frank Tyger&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Albert Einstein&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Mark Twain&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Seneca&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A kind word is like a Spring day.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Russian Proverb&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Samuel Johnson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Confucius&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Henry Boye&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;When I was young, I admired clever people.&amp;amp;nbsp; Now that I am old, I admire kind people.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Abraham Joshua Heschel&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape?&amp;amp;nbsp; No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Mark Twain&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Life is mostly froth and bubble,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Two things stand like stone,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Kindness in another's trouble,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Courage in your own.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~Adam Lindsay Gordon&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.&amp;amp;nbsp; Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ George Washington Carver&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ John Wooden&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Antonio Porchia&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The best portion of a good man's life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ William Wordsworth&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Ralph Waldo Emerson&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;" text="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 18pt; color: red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Kindness &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 18pt; color: red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Quotes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the Pakistani bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, &amp;amp;quot;Six only!&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; The bus stopped.&amp;amp;nbsp; He counted on six passengers, rang the bell, and then, as the bus moved off, called to those left behind:&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;So sorry, plenty of room in my heart - but the bus is full.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; He left behind a row of smiling faces.&amp;amp;nbsp; It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ &amp;lt;span&amp;gt;The Friendship Book of Francis Gay, 1977&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;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.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Leo Buscaglia&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Be kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Chinese Proverb&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Frank A. Clark&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Marian Wright Edelman&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Charles Kuralt, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;On the Road with Charles Kuralt&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Have you had a kindness shown?&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Pass it on;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'Twas not given for thee alone,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Pass it on;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Let it travel down the years,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Let it wipe another's tears,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'Til in Heaven the deed appears -&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Pass it on.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Henry Burton, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Pass It On&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Saint Vincent de Paul&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Epictetus&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Malayan Proverb&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Winston Churchill&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~H. Jackson Brown,&amp;amp;nbsp;Jr.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Mary Engelbreit&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight.&amp;amp;nbsp; Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward.&amp;amp;nbsp; Your life will never be the same again.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Og Mandino&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If every man's internal care&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Were written on his brow,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How many would our pity share&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Who raise our envy now?&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~Peitro Metastasio&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Kindness is the Greatest Wisdom.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Dave Barry, &amp;amp;quot;Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn&amp;amp;quot;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Thomas Fuller&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Social Aims&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Bertrand Russell&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Alfred Fripp&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Max Beerbohm&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Booker T. Washington&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ John E. Southart&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Getting money is not all a man's business:&amp;amp;nbsp; to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Samuel Johnson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Love someone who doesn't deserve it.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The more sympathy you give, the less you need.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Malcolm S. Forbes&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.&amp;amp;nbsp; The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Baha'u'llah&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Attributed to both Zig Ziglar and Dr. Kenneth McFarland&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Nelson Henderson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ H.L. Mencken&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ James Matthew Barrie&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Karl Reiland&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How far that little candle throws his beams!&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;So shines a good deed in a weary world.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ William Shakespeare&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;I expect to pass through life but once.&amp;amp;nbsp; If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ William Penn&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Benjamin Disraeli&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How beautiful a day can be&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;When kindness touches it!&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ George Elliston&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Anne Frank, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Diary of a Young Girl&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Always be a little kinder than necessary.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ James M. Barrie&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;you step on people in this life, you're going to come back as a cockroach.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Willie Davis&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;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.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Robert Brault&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Bob Hope&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Jesse Jackson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A good character is the best tombstone.&amp;amp;nbsp; Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered.&amp;amp;nbsp; Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Charles H. Spurgeon&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.&amp;amp;nbsp; It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ H. Jackson Brown,&amp;amp;nbsp;Jr.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~Cleveland Amory&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If you want to be happy, practice compassion.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Dalai Lama&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz.&amp;amp;nbsp; I breezed through the questions until I read the last one:&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; Surely this was a joke.&amp;amp;nbsp; I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name?&amp;amp;nbsp; I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.&amp;amp;nbsp; Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;Absolutely,&amp;amp;quot; the professor said.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;quot;In your careers, you will meet many people.&amp;amp;nbsp; All are significant.&amp;amp;nbsp; They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp; I've never forgotten that lesson.&amp;amp;nbsp; I also learned her name was Dorothy.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Joann C. Jones&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Rudyard Kipling&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Mignon McLaughlin, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Second Neurotic's Notebook&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, 1966&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Frank Tyger&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Albert Einstein&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Mark Twain&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Seneca&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;A kind word is like a Spring day.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Russian Proverb&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Samuel Johnson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Confucius&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Henry Boye&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;When I was young, I admired clever people.&amp;amp;nbsp; Now that I am old, I admire kind people.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Abraham Joshua Heschel&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape?&amp;amp;nbsp; No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Mark Twain&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Life is mostly froth and bubble,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Two things stand like stone,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Kindness in another's trouble,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Courage in your own.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~Adam Lindsay Gordon&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.&amp;amp;nbsp; Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ George Washington Carver&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ John Wooden&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ Antonio Porchia&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The best portion of a good man's life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.&amp;amp;nbsp; ~ William Wordsworth&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;~ Ralph Waldo Emerson&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;~ Author Unknown&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;" url="http://www.beingglad.com/kindness-quotes-a9.html"/>
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